Flat-tailed Leaf-cutter Bee
Megachile mendica Cresson, 1878
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The most common leaf-cutter in most of Eastern North America.

Description

It carries pollen on the underside of its abdomen and those hairs are distinctly tinged with orange, something found in only a few other eastern Megachile. (S. Droege, pers. comm.)

Nests are categorized as hollow or pithy stems/existing cavities, and social behavior is categorized as solitary to communal (Selfridge et al., 2017).

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Megachile mendica
Male Megachile mendica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species:
M. mendica
Binomial name
Megachile mendica
Cresson, 1878

Megachile mendica, the Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee, is a species of solitary bee in the family Megachilidae.[1][2][3] It was described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1878.[1]

The Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee uses leaf pieces as nesting materials. It can be attracted to bee blocks and will nest in holes from 5/16" to 7/16" in diameter.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Megachile". BioLib. 2014. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Species guide - species detail : Bee blocks : Minnesota Bee Atlas : Citizen science : University of Minnesota Extension". apps.extension.umn.edu. Retrieved 2024-06-23.
  3. ^ "Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee (Megachile mendica)". iNaturalist. Retrieved 2024-06-23.


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