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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 Melanosarus (Megachile Subgenus Melanosarus) » Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee (Megachile xylocopoides)
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Bee - Megachile xylocopoides - male
Copyright © 2005 Sean McCann

Bee - Megachile xylocopoides - Male
Vero Beach, Indian River County, Florida, USA
December 10, 2005
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 11 December, 2005 - 12:23pm
Last updated 15 December, 2005 - 10:20am

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I think it is a Megachile, subgenus Melanosarus
Anyone care to comment?
e.g.
… Sean McCann, 11 December, 2005 - 4:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes, and M. xylocopoides, I think
This page has a key, though the images are broken at the moment.

Looking at the key, and the detailed county records for Florida on that same page, it seems this should be Megachile xylocopoides.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 11 December, 2005 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

 
Is it full of mites?
Is it full of mites?
… john and jane balaban, 11 December, 2005 - 5:30pm login or register to post comments

 
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I am not sure if they are mites. I did not collect the bee. Perhaps!
… Sean McCann, 11 December, 2005 - 7:41pm login or register to post comments

 
They are actually mites
Probably deutonymphs of the family Saproglyphidae. These are small, most often not very harmful, parasites of several hymenopteran groups. The concave basis of the abdomen, typical of Megachile bees, is a very convenient housing for them. If this male happens to mate, some of them will manage to pass on his female partner.
… Richard Vernier, 13 December, 2005 - 11:24am login or register to post comments

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