Abeja cortadora de hojas. Leaf-cutting bee (Megachile, Coelioxys spp.)

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Photo by eulalia rubio

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Field Notes

Description:

El género Megachile es un grupo cosmopolita de abejas solitarias, y es el único género dentro de la familia Megachilidae que merece ser llamada las abejas cortadoras de hojas, construyen estructuras o celdas de la colonia con pedazos cuidadosamente cortados de pétalos o de hojas.
Se puede ver que tiene cortos dientes fuertes en el extremo del abdomen (característica masculina).

Habitat:

Junto al camino de la Marjal del Moros (Puzol, Valencia).

Notes:

La abeja está cortando las hojas de la flor.

Reference Links:

Genus Coelioxys - BugGuide.Net

Species ID Suggestions

Coelioxys spp.

Andreia Penado

+ vote

Comments (8)

Andreia Penado

You welcome. But she is not a leaf-cutter bee. The bee in the photo belongs to other genera ;)

eulalia rubio

Thanks, Andreia, I have added your directions.

Andreia Penado

Looks like a male from the genus Coelioxys. You can see that he has short stout prongs in the end of the abdomen (male's feature). These bees are cleptoparasites on Megachile spp. and Anthophora spp.

monkey-mind and nana-puppet

:) here is mine: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6541726

eulalia rubio

Thanks monkey-mind.

monkey-mind and nana-puppet

I´d say Megachile, a cosmopolitan solitary living bee

monkey-mind and nana-puppet

could be a leafcutter bee - at least it seems to cut the petals of this flower.

Ashish

Not sure but can be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_banded_bee