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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 Callomegachile, Giant Resin Bees (Megachile Subgenus Callomegachile, Giant Resin Bees) » Sculptured Resin Bee (Megachile sculpturalis)
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Possible Leafcutting Bee? - Megachile sculpturalis
Copyright © 2006 Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik

Possible Leafcutting Bee? - Megachile sculpturalis
Central Park, New York County, New York, USA
August 20, 2006
Thought it was a leafcutting bee, but can't quite match the photos on file. Sandy

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Possible Leafcutting Bee? - Megachile sculpturalis Possible Leafcutting Bee? - Megachile sculpturalis
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Contributed by Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik on 26 August, 2006 - 9:34pm
Last updated 11 October, 2009 - 9:00pm

Giant resin bee (Megachile scupturalis)
Sic transit gloria mundi... this aging specimen has lost much of the specie's beauty, namely the reddish fur color of the thorax.
… Richard Vernier, 27 August, 2006 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

 
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Hi Richard, Thanks as always for the quick ID. Checked out the images on file, and can see our specimen's glory days are over!
Sandy
… Lloyd and Sandy Spitalnik, 27 August, 2006 - 11:22pm login or register to post comments

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