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Leafcutter Bees

Leafcutter Bees

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Description

Typically round and dark-bodied with light-colored hair bands on the abdomen; females have pollen-carying hairs on the underside of the abdomen

Species

Family:

Megachilidae

Genus:

Megachile

Species:

many

Native to Florida?

Most native to Florida

Size

medium-large
3-6 mm very small - small bees, i.e., sweat bees
7-10 mm medium bodied bees, i.e., honey bees
11+ mm- large bodied bees, i.e., carpenter and bumblebees

Nesting

above-ground cavities (primarily)

Behavior

Foraging Period

variable

Sociality

solitary

Known For

Cutting round segments of leaves used to line their nest cells

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