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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) » Megachile umbripennis
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Bee - Megachile umbripennis - male
Copyright © 2013 Susan Leach Snyder

Bee - Megachile umbripennis - Male
Naples, Collier County, Florida, USA
November 7, 2012
This bee was collecting pollen on Peruvian Primrose (Ludwigia peruviana). It was approximately the size of a honeybee. Its thorax appeared to be much broader than the abdomen, although this appearance may be do to the thick hairs.

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Contributed by Susan Leach Snyder on 25 July, 2013 - 10:31am
Last updated 31 July, 2020 - 7:23pm

The same species photographed today
in Singapore:
http://pick18.pick.uga.edu/mp/20p?see=I_JSA3621&res=640
… John S. Ascher, 26 July, 2013 - 2:53am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 25 July, 2013 - 9:24pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

looks like Megachile sculpturalis but i could be wrong....
… hg, 25 July, 2013 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

 
Same subgenus, different species
This is a male Megachile (Callomegachile) umbripennis Smith, 1853.

It's well established in Hawaii (so would have been nice to have Hawaiian images in the guide...) and has recently been found by several people in Florida, although the record remains unpublished in print.
… John S. Ascher, 25 July, 2013 - 9:16pm login or register to post comments

 
Megachile umbripennis
Thank you so much for the identification.
… Susan Leach Snyder, 26 July, 2013 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

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