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Megachile sp.
Mostly black with white bandings , orange tiped on the end and the head longer bright orange...lots of fine white hairs around the body.
Found under an eucalypt tree , with drying lavender bushes.
The genus Megachile 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. This is one of the largest genera of bees, with almost 1500 species[1] in over 50 subgenera
Spotted on Mar 8, 2015
Submitted on Mar 10, 2015
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