Megachile sculpturalis

Megachile sculpturalis
Megachile sculpturalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species: M. sculpturalis
Binomial name
Megachile sculpturalis
Smith, 1853 [1]

Megachile sculpturalis, known as the giant resin bee, has a size between 0.5 inches (13 mm) and almost 1 in (25 mm). It is much bigger than other leafcutting bees. Native to Japan, it has immigrated to Eastern United States and Ontario, Canada in recent times.[2] It is mainly black with yellow hairs. They will nest next to carpenter bees.

References

  1. ^ "Megachile sculpturalis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=762170. 
  2. ^ Mark F. O'Brien & Julie Craves (2008). "Megachile scupturalis Smith – a new bee for Michigan (Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)" (PDF). Newsletter of the Michigan Entomological Society 53 (1–2): 4. http://www.umd.umich.edu/dept/rouge_river/sculpturalis.pdf. 
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