Insects › Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees
Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee
Megachile melanophaea
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
Common Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiens
Orange-tipped Wood-diggerAnthophora terminalis
Western Leafcutter BeeMegachile perihirta
Western Honey BeeApis mellifera
Unarmed Leafcutter BeeMegachile inermis
Vancouver Bumble BeeBombus vancouverensis
broad-handed leafcutter beeMegachile latimanus
showy lady's slipperCypripedium reginae
Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.
Where it is recorded
| United States | 2,886 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 2,205 |
| Nova Scotia | 476 |
| British Columbia | 449 |
| Utah | 341 |
| Colorado | 303 |
| Ontario | 302 |
| Alaska | 257 |
| Manitoba | 213 |
| Alberta | 208 |
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 Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.