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Megachile
The genus Megachile is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees or leafcutting 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 in over 50 subgenera. North America has many native Megachile species. The introduced...
23 branches of this group, most-observed first
Patchwork Leafcutter Bee
speciesMegachile centuncularis
Unarmed Leafcutter Bee
speciesMegachile inermis
Golden-tailed Leafcutter Bee
speciesMegachile relativa
Silver-tailed Petalcutter
speciesMegachile montivaga
Megachile melanopyga
speciesMegachile melanopyga
Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee
speciesMegachile ligniseca
Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee
speciesMegachile versicolor
Megachile octosignata
speciesMegachile octosignata
Megachile pilicrus
speciesMegachile pilicrus
Megachile nipponica
speciesMegachile nipponica
Megachile lapponica
speciesMegachile lapponica
Megachile genalis
speciesMegachile genalis
Megachile pyrenaea
speciesMegachile pyrenaea
Megachile taiwanicola
speciesMegachile taiwanicola
Megachile bombycina
speciesMegachile bombycina
Megachile alpicola
speciesMegachile alpicola
Megachile cockerelli
speciesMegachile cockerelli
Megachile melanura
speciesMegachile melanura
Megachile tsurugensis
speciesMegachile tsurugensis
Megachile subtranquilla
speciesMegachile subtranquilla
Megachile dacica
speciesMegachile dacica
Megachile melanota
speciesMegachile melanota
Megachile nivalis
speciesMegachile nivalis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 571092.