Directory of Megachilidae Resources

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A genus of leaf-cutting bees.

Resources in This Category

• Giant Resin Bee

  http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/444/444-206/444-206.html
  Photograph and information on Megachile sculpturalis from the Virginia Cooperative Extension.

• Leaf-Cutter Bees

  http://crawford.tardigrade.net/bugs/BugofMonth23.html
  Popular article about leaf-cutter bees, family Megachilidae, and their nesting behavior.

• Megachile sp: Leafcutter Bee

  http://www.ozanimals.com/Insect/Leafcutter-Bee/Megachile/sp.html
  Description of a bee in this genus and a photograph of its nest.

• Megachilidae

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachilidae
  Information from Wikipedia on this family of solitary bees, commonly called leafcutter or mason bees depending on the material of which they construct their nests.

• Megachilidae: Leafcutting Bees

  http://entnemdept.ifas.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bees/leafcutting_bees.htm
  Provides photographs and information on these bees, their distribution, description, biology, host plants, natural enemies and management.

• Wool Carder Bee

  http://wiki.bugwood.org/HPIPM:Wool_Carder_Bee
  Photographs of Anthidium manicatum, description, life history and habits.

 

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