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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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Small Bee - Megachile mendica
Copyright © 2013 Henry Hartley

Small Bee - Megachile mendica
Rockville, Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
July 15, 2013
Size: 15mm, more or less
I see similar bees in the Melittid bees, the Cellophane bees, and the Mining bees. But I have no idea, really. Feeding on mountain mint (Pycnanthemum muticum).
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Contributed by Henry Hartley on 15 July, 2013 - 10:03pm
Last updated 2 March, 2014 - 12:43am

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutter and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 2 March, 2014 - 12:43am login or register to post comments

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… Keng-Lou James Hung, 15 July, 2013 - 11:10pm login or register to post comments

Possibly Megachile...
...a leafcutting bee, like this one. I will leave it to the bee experts to confirm this.
… Joe, 15 July, 2013 - 10:57pm login or register to post comments

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