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Bee ID Please - Megachile mendica - male
Copyright © 2008 Naomi Smith

Bee ID Please - Megachile mendica - Male
Brighton, Northumberland, Ontario, Canada
July 28, 2008
Size: 1/2 inch +/-
Only one of many bees and wasps currently visiting my Milkweed plants.
Contributed by Naomi Smith on 29 July, 2008 - 9:52am
Last updated 24 February, 2009 - 9:05am

Megachile
male

probably subgenus Litomegachile

most likely M. mendica
… John S. Ascher, 29 July, 2008 - 11:13am

 
Moved from ID Request to Guid
Moved from ID Request to Guide at species level
… E Moon, 22 August, 2008 - 1:21pm

 
Megachile
Thank you Dr. Ascher.
Naomi
… Naomi Smith, 29 July, 2008 - 10:42pm

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