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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 Litomegachile (Megachile Subgenus Litomegachile) » Megachile brevis
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to bee or not to bee? - Megachile brevis - female
Copyright © 2006 Tim Moyer

to bee or not to bee? - Megachile brevis - Female
Medford (~15 miles east of Philadelphia, PA), Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 4, 2006
Size: ~10mm
one of several different wasp/bee/flies on the Sedum

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to bee or not to bee? - Megachile brevis - female to bee or not to bee? - Megachile brevis
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Contributed by Tim Moyer on 4 September, 2006 - 10:47pm
Last updated 9 October, 2013 - 4:07am

Moved
Moved from Megachile brevis brevis.
… John S. Ascher, 9 October, 2013 - 4:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 14 December, 2009 - 10:43pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting Bees.

Thanks guys!
… Tim Moyer, 11 October, 2006 - 9:07pm login or register to post comments

Megachile
female
… John S. Ascher, 11 October, 2006 - 8:11pm login or register to post comments

Leafcutter Bee
2 pairs of wings says Hymenoptera, general appearance and fuzzy pollen-basket on the belly say Megachilidae.

Probably Megacheile, but I'll let others who know more than I do make that judgment.
… Chuck Entz, 5 September, 2006 - 12:08am login or register to post comments

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