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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 Xanthosarus (Megachile Subgenus Xanthosarus)
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Fuzzy bee or robber fly - Megachile
Copyright © 2009 Christopher Adam

Fuzzy bee or robber fly - Megachile
Halifax, Halifax County, Nova Scotia, Canada
July 17, 2009
Size: 1.5cm
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Contributed by Christopher Adam on 28 September, 2009 - 12:53pm
Last updated 28 September, 2009 - 7:19pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Andrew Williams, 28 September, 2009 - 7:19pm login or register to post comments

Megachile (Xanthosarus) male
probably M. melanophaea (other Xanthosarus in NS are latimanus and frigidus)
… John S. Ascher, 28 September, 2009 - 2:16pm login or register to post comments

Melissodes maybe?
Looks like a Digger Bee of some type to me, but best to wait for an expert to be certain.

… Andrew Williams, 28 September, 2009 - 12:57pm login or register to post comments

 
not similar
note wing venation (2 submarginal cells in the Megachile), expanded front tarsi of the Megachile, body shape, etc.
… John S. Ascher, 28 September, 2009 - 2:18pm login or register to post comments

 
oops
Well, at least I got the bee part right :)
… Andrew Williams, 28 September, 2009 - 7:17pm login or register to post comments

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