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Brown-footed Leafcutter Bee

Megachile versicolor

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 237, February 175, March 274, April 431, May 621, June 677, July 725, August 623, September 458, October 342, November 187, December 146.
United States4,894
Alaska4,894
United Kingdom5
Germany5
Northern Ireland4
Bayern3
Belgium2
Vlaams Gewest2
England1
Finland1

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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