Black bee with white fuzz - Megachile mendica

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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) » Flat-tailed Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile mendica)

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Copyright © 2013 Tim Turner

Black bee with white fuzz - Megachile mendica

Beavercreek, Greene County, Ohio, USA
August 26, 2012

Photographed on Caryopteris x clandonensis.

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Black bee with white fuzz - Megachile mendica

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Contributed by Tim Turner on 3 April, 2013 - 7:55pm
Last updated 1 March, 2014 - 2:38am

Moved

Moved from Leaf-cutter and Resin Bees.

… John S. Ascher, 1 March, 2014 - 2:38am

Moved

Moved from ID Request.

… John S. Ascher, 4 April, 2013 - 9:30am

Thank you

for the ID, John.

… Tim Turner, 4 April, 2013 - 10:05am

Please delete this comment.

… Joe, 4 April, 2013 - 12:32am

Is there

any provision for deleting comments on bugguide? I didn't see it in the help section.

… Tim Turner, 4 April, 2013 - 10:06am

Megachilidae

Note pollen carried underneath abdomen. Check this archived megachilid image.

… Joe, 4 April, 2013 - 12:28am

Good observation

on the pollen being carried under the abdomen. Thank you, Joseph.

… Tim Turner, 4 April, 2013 - 10:07am

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