Guardian Nature School Team Contact Blog Project Noah Facebook Project Noah Twitter

A worldwide community photographing and learning about wildlife

Join Project Noah!
nature school apple icon

Project Noah Nature School visit nature school

Leaf-cutting bee

Megachile sp.

Description:

1 Species ID Suggestions

Leaf-cutting bee
Megachile sp. Megachile


Sign in to suggest organism ID

2 Comments

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 12 years ago

Hi Tom,
These bees (Megachilidae) are very interesting because they collect pollen on the bottom of the abdomen, instead the legs as most of the bees. They also have powerfull mandibles because they make holes on the wood for nesting.

TomHarvie
TomHarvie 12 years ago

Thanks for Identifying this little bee for me Kristal!

TomHarvie
Spotted by
TomHarvie

Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

Spotted on Sep 26, 2011
Submitted on Sep 26, 2011

Related Spottings

Megachile ligniseca Megachile lapponica Leafcutter bee Megachile 切葉蜂

Nearby Spottings

Common Garter Snake Zebra Jumping Spider Stink Bug Zebra Jumping Spider
Noah Guardians
Noah Sponsors
join Project Noah Team

Join the Project Noah Team