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Megachile sp.
Megachile Latreille, 1802, is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees. While other genera within the family Megachilidae may chew leaves or petals into fragments to build their nests, certain species within Megachile neatly cut pieces of leaves or petals, hence their common name. Megachile species have no lobe (arolia) between their claws, thus are unable to climb smooth (glass) walls.
Backyard garden, spotted on Zinnia flower.
I've mistaken this for an Oriental Honeybee, Apis cerana indica. Reference: For further study to ID the species: http://books.google.com.ph/books?id=bu_1... http://collections.si.edu/search/results... http://api.dp.la/qa/?page=2&sourceRe... http://imedea.uib-csic.es/bc/ecol_terr/a... http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/bi... http://www.nhm.ac.uk/resources/research-... http://plazi.org:8080/GgSRS/html/1F20FC0...
Spotted on Jun 15, 2013
Submitted on Jul 4, 2013
6 Comments
Thank you so much Juan for the correction and a new info for me. ID now updated. Regards!!
Hi Agnes. Please notice the hairs on the bottom of the abdomen of this bee. This is a Leaf-Cutter bee (Megachile sp.), not a honeybee
thank you so much Agnes :)
Thanks Ira. Have joined your mission too. :)
very nice shots.:) maybe you could also join our mission http://www.projectnoah.org/missions/3039...
Thanks ceejayalyssa! :)