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Insects › Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees

Sculptured Resin Bee

Megachile sculpturalis

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28 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 60, February 59, March 80, April 140, May 241, June 118, July 303, August 112, September 94, October 87, November 59, December 55.
United States7,962
New York1,162
North Carolina783
Virginia745
Georgia687
New Jersey643
Canada618
Ontario612
Maryland592
Pennsylvania541

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

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