Insects › Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees
Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee
Megachile mendica
28 photos
Study shows up to four per card, from different observers, so you learn the species rather than one picture. Heart the good ones and swap any you do not like.
Photos you add are credited to you, and you keep the copyright.
Easily confused with
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Texas Leafcutter BeeMegachile texana
Alfalfa Leafcutter BeeMegachile rotundata
Petulant Leafcutter BeeMegachile petulans
Unarmed Leafcutter BeeMegachile inermis
Patchwork Leafcutter BeeMegachile centuncularis
Megachile policaris
broad-handed leafcutter beeMegachile latimanus
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 13,314 |
|---|---|
| Virginia | 1,853 |
| Maryland | 1,787 |
| New York | 1,093 |
| Canada | 745 |
| Ontario | 667 |
| North Carolina | 631 |
| West Virginia | 603 |
| Alabama | 495 |
| Georgia | 488 |
Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.
Traits
Physical
- ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification
Practical
- StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification
Group and habits
- Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group
Classification
| Kingdom | Animals · Animalia |
|---|---|
| Phylum | Arthropods · Arthropoda |
| Class | Insects · Insecta |
| Order | Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera |
| Family | Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees · Megachilidae |
| Genus | Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees · Megachile |
Sources
- Names, taxonomy and observation counts: www.inaturalist.org
- Photos and recordings: the creator and source are on each one.
- How much to rely on each source
Remember the name next time.
Practise Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.