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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 Litomegachile (Megachile Subgenus Litomegachile) » Flat-tailed Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile mendica)
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Leafcutter Bee - Megachile mendica? - Megachile mendica - male
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Leafcutter Bee - Megachile mendica? - Megachile mendica - Male
Pleasantville, Westchester County, New York, USA
July 24, 2016
Size: 10 mm
This is a male leafcutter, just under 1/2" long, feeding on mountain mint. The bee has mandibles with three teeth. T-5 of the bee's abdomen lacks a band of pale hair, a character identified in the Discover Life database as distinguishing M. mendica from M. texana and M. brevis. T-6 is covered with a patch of white hairs and has rugged edges and is notched, also traits of M. mendica as described by the Discover Life Database.

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Contributed by Jatai on 24 July, 2016 - 10:15pm
Last updated 25 July, 2016 - 1:53am

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