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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) » Sharptail Bees (Coelioxys) » Subgenus Boreocoelioxys (Coelioxys Subgenus Boreocoelioxys)

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Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Coelioxys -

Parkwood, Durham, Durham County, North Carolina, USA
September 11, 2004

Lateral view shows abdomen without pollen-collecting "brushes" underneath. This bee does not need them, since it does not collect pollen for its own brood, but lays its eggs on the provisions of other Meagachilids. Compare the abdomen of a a presumed Megachile:

Image updated 8/22/22.

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Coelioxys - female

Coelioxys - female

Cuckoo Leaf-Cutter - Coelioxys - female

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Contributed by Cotinis on 6 October, 2004 - 12:24am
Last updated 22 August, 2022 - 8:10pm

Honey Bee Prey

Odd thing, I am a bee keeper in SC. I have seen this bee killing my honey bees. Actually caught one on top of a honey bee piercing it thru. Is this type of bee typically a hunter of Honey Bees???

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… nbkc1st, 31 August, 2008 - 10:04pm

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Probably a robber fly

I would be very surprised to hear of a cuckoo leaf-cutter bee being predatory on honey bees. I would imagine that you witnessed an attack by a predatory robber fly, family Asilidae. A few types are known to attack honey bees, and some do resemble this leaf cutter here. Luckily for bee-keepers, robber flies are seldom abundant enough to do substantial harm to bee populations.

… Cotinis, 1 September, 2008 - 5:09am

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Moved

Moved from Coelioxys.

… Ted Kropiewnicki, 23 March, 2008 - 10:22pm

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Coelioxys (Boreocoelioxys) sayi or octodentata

female; if the clypeus is really projecting as it appears then this should be C. sayi

… John S. Ascher, 26 September, 2006 - 11:05am

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Thanks, another view

Thanks so much for your comments, John. Here is another view that might show the clypeus better:

… Cotinis, 24 March, 2008 - 10:01am

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