Megachile rotundata, F, Face, MD, Cecil County_2013-07-08-18.34.45 ZS PMax
Description:
A purposefully introduced bee, used, at times, in the pollination of alfalfa and other crops, but now widely naturalized and can be found throughout North America, particularly in urban or disturbed areas. Collected by Tim McMahon in Cecil County Maryland and photographed by Brooke Alexander
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- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Pancrustacea
- Hexapoda (hexapods)
- Insecta (insects)
- Pterygota (winged insects)
- Neoptera (neopteran)
- Endopterygota (endopterygotes)
- Hymenoptera (wasps, bees, and ants)
- Apocrita (wasp)
- Aculeata
- Apoidea (bees & apoid Wasps)
- Anthophila (bee)
- Megachilidae (leaf-cutter bees, mason bees, and relatives)
- Megachilinae (mason bee)
- Megachilini
- Megachile (Leaf-cutter and Resin Bees)
- Megachile rotundata (Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
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