Maryland Biodiversity Project - Texas Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile texana)

Texas Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile texana Cresson, 1878

Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Class Insecta > Order Hymenoptera > Family Megachilidae > Genus Megachile Texas Leaf-cutter Bee - Megachile texana - https://www.marylandbiodiversity.com/view/3315

Nests are categorized as ground burrows, and social behavior is categorized as solitary to communal (Selfridge et al., 2017).

There are 16 records in the project database.

A female Megachile texana collected in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/25/2013). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Megachile texana collected in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/25/2013). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Megachile texana in Baltimore City, Maryland (6/25/2013). Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

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