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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)
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Leaf Cutting Bee - Megachile - male
Copyright © 2007 Bob Moul

Leaf Cutting Bee - Megachile - Male
Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 20, 2007
Size: 1/2"
Is this a Mason wasp of the genus Osmia? Can you give me the species? and gender?

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Leaf Cutting Bee - Megachile - male Leaf Cutting Bee - Megachile - male
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Contributed by Bob Moul on 21 July, 2007 - 9:50pm
Last updated 24 March, 2008 - 2:42pm

M. inimica sayi or M. pugnata pugnata
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… John S. Ascher, 2 March, 2014 - 12:36am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Ted Kropiewnicki, 24 March, 2008 - 2:42pm login or register to post comments

Megachile (Sayapis)
male

not a mason anything
… John S. Ascher, 22 July, 2007 - 6:58am login or register to post comments

 
no mason
Thanks John. Had a tough time finding anything that looked similar.
Appreciate your expertise.
… Bob Moul, 22 July, 2007 - 7:49am login or register to post comments

Mason something-or-other...
I can't give you an ID, but I think you meant mason bee, not mason wasp- right?
… Chuck Entz, 21 July, 2007 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Bee
Yes sorry, I meant bee. But John corrected me. I was way off. :)
… Bob Moul, 22 July, 2007 - 7:48am login or register to post comments

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