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large orange leafcutter - Megachile fortis - female
Copyright © 2015 angella moorehouse

large orange leafcutter - Megachile fortis - Female
Carman, Henderson County, Illinois, USA
September 1, 2015
Size: 2-2.5cm
This Megachile sp. was much larger than any I had seen before. They were visiting sunflowers within a dry sand prairie remnant.
Contributed by angella moorehouse on 3 September, 2015 - 8:14am
Last updated 20 June, 2018 - 1:53pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 3 September, 2015 - 8:31am

Megachile fortis
Good find. A prairie sunflower specialist.

Keep an eye out for its cuckoo!
… John S. Ascher, 3 September, 2015 - 8:30am

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