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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees (Megachilini) » Leafcutter and Resin Bees (Megachile) » Subgenus Sayapis (Megachile Subgenus Sayapis) » Megachile fidelis
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Unknown Megachilidae - Megachile fidelis - female
Copyright © 2015 Iris

Unknown Megachilidae - Megachile fidelis - Female
Parksville, Rathtrevor Beach Provincial Park, Nanaimo Regional District, British Columbia, Canada
August 26, 2015
Size: about 10 mm
Leaf cutter bee getting ready to roost for the night. On Grindelia (gumweed) at sea side beach. Any ideas of which genus?

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Unknown Megachilidae - Megachile fidelis - female Unknown Megachilidae - Megachile fidelis - female Unknown Megachilidae - Megachile fidelis - female Unknown Megachilidae - Megachile fidelis - female
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Contributed by Iris on 6 September, 2015 - 6:56pm
Last updated 20 June, 2018 - 7:18pm

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… John S. Ascher, 6 September, 2015 - 7:18pm login or register to post comments

 
Where are the horns?
Thanks for getting the bee in the photo down to species! Had a quick look at the "Key to Megachile in Canada" and it is out of it's range - this one was on the east coast of Vancouver Island (apparently it should only be found in the BC interior). The description states there is a "horn" coming off the cylpeus - can that be seen on the photo? I am looking for it but just can't see it. Or are the yellow hairs diagnostic?
… Iris, 6 September, 2015 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

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