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Western Leafcutter Bee

Megachile perihirta

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in British Columbia.January 56, February 52, March 81, April 95, May 147, June 128, July 178, August 191, September 93, October 63, November 51, December 52.
United States4,700
Canada1,353
British Columbia1,347
California1,097
Utah885
Washington875
Oregon568
Colorado390
Nevada313
Idaho218

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

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyMason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees · Megachilidae
GenusLeafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees · Megachile

Sources

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Practise Western Leafcutter Bee with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.

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