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Leaf-Cutter Bee

Megachile sp

Photo by Bernadette S
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Field Notes

Description:

Body just over 1 cm with black and white stripes

Habitat:

on the caper flowers in my desert garden - lots of them buzzing around the fresh blooms this morning

Notes:

Megachile spp and Coelioxys spp both reported in Sinai.

Reference Links:

Megachile

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
monkey-mind and nana-puppet
no, this is a leaf-cutter bee take look at mine: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6541726 and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6878325

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Pollinating Insects of the World
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Biodiversity in Egypt
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Hymenoptera of the world -- bees, ants and all their friends
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Wildlife of the Sinai Peninsula

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PublishedJuly 15, 2012

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