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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 Xanthosarus (Megachile Subgenus Xanthosarus) » Megachile frigida
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Bee - Megachile frigida - female
Copyright © 2014 Roxie Aho

Bee - Megachile frigida - Female
Maplewood, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
June 23, 2014
Size: 3/8 to 1/2 inch
Butterfly garden on the edge of a parking lot abutting a deciduous swamp and suburban homes, Minneapolis/St. Paul. Think the plant is blue False Indigo
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Contributed by Roxie Aho on 26 June, 2014 - 1:09pm
Last updated 16 September, 2014 - 10:34am

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutter and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 16 September, 2014 - 10:34am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 26 June, 2014 - 3:27pm login or register to post comments

Not sure which species, but
I think it is a Leaf-cutter Bee...Also not an expert!
Perhaps something in Megachile? Nice shot.
… James Reben, 26 June, 2014 - 1:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Agree, something in Megachili
Agree, something in Megachilidae given the pollen on the bottom of the abdomen instead of the legs.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 26 June, 2014 - 2:38pm login or register to post comments

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