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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 Chelostomoides (Megachile Subgenus Chelostomoides)
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bee, black & white body - Megachile
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bee, black & white body - Megachile
Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
June 14, 2020
Many thanks for telling me which kind of bee this is....Denise K.
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Contributed by nature4me on 22 June, 2020 - 5:42pm
Last updated 26 June, 2020 - 2:44am

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 26 June, 2020 - 2:44am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 24 June, 2020 - 10:00am login or register to post comments

Probably Megachile spp
The thick hairs on the underside of the abdomen are for collecting pollen and are a dead giveaway for Megachilidae — not all species in the family have them, but females outside of that family either have pollen-collecting hairs on their legs or none at all. My guess would be genus Megachile based on the shape, and my suspicion would be that you won't be able to narrow it down much further from this one photograph; I'm still struggling to distinguish their identifying marks myself.
… Katie Woods, 23 June, 2020 - 10:59pm login or register to post comments

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