Leaf Cutter Bee Australia. Leafcutting bee photo WP42084 The genus Megachile is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees or leafcutting bees; it also includes the called resin bees and mortar 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. They are found in all states in both coastal and drier inland areas
Closeup on a Male Patchwork Leafcutter Bee , Megachile Centuncularis on an Orange Helenium from www.dreamstime.com
Leafcutter Bee Fact File - Wild Life of Sydney, Australian Museum 2008 FAMILY MEGACHILIDAE - Leafcutter Bees and Resin Bees Order Hymenoptera This page contains pictures and information about Leafcutter Bees and Resin Bees in Family Megachilidae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
Closeup on a Male Patchwork Leafcutter Bee , Megachile Centuncularis on an Orange Helenium
FAMILY MEGACHILIDAE - Leafcutter Bees and Resin Bees Order Hymenoptera This page contains pictures and information about Leafcutter Bees and Resin Bees in Family Megachilidae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. One was 9 cm long and another (shown below) was 13 cm long. 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
Megachile LeafCutter Bee, Megachile centuncularis Bee, Solitary bees, Cutter. Corinne Jordan-Ivers sent Aussie Bee some observations of two leafcutter nests in 2011 They take the pieces of leaf back to their nests which are in burrows in the ground or in a narrow crevice.
Goldtipped Leafcutter Bee Megachile (Eutricharaea) chrysopyga. The genus Megachile is a cosmopolitan group of solitary bees, often called leafcutter bees or leafcutting bees FAMILY MEGACHILIDAE - Leafcutter Bees and Resin Bees Order Hymenoptera This page contains pictures and information about Leafcutter Bees and Resin Bees in Family Megachilidae that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.