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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 Argyropile (Megachile Subgenus Argyropile) » Megachile parallela
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Gray bee on goldenrod - Megachile parallela - female
Copyright © 2008 Pam Phillips

Gray bee on goldenrod - Megachile parallela - Female
Santee, San Diego County, California, USA
October 17, 2008

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Gray bee on goldenrod - Megachile parallela - female Gray bee on goldenrod - Megachile parallela
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Contributed by Pam Phillips on 23 October, 2008 - 2:18pm
Last updated 25 October, 2008 - 2:50pm

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Argyropile.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 October, 2008 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… Will Chatfield-Taylor, 25 October, 2008 - 2:49pm login or register to post comments

Megachile parallela
female
… John S. Ascher, 23 October, 2008 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you!
I hope I've moved it to the right place.
… Pam Phillips, 24 October, 2008 - 11:38am login or register to post comments

In the genus Megachile. Can't
In the genus Megachile. Can't tell you much more than that.
… William Ericson, 23 October, 2008 - 2:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Female.
Well, you can say it is a female:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 23 October, 2008 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

 
awwwwww you beat me to the pu
awwwwww you beat me to the punch! :)"I forgot will be" will be my excuse.
… William Ericson, 23 October, 2008 - 3:10pm login or register to post comments

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