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Black Leafcutter Bee - Megachile sp.
Family MEGACHILIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Black Leafcutter Bees that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- We sometimes find this Leafcutter Bee resting on grass during summer evening.
- The bee has a relatively flat body. Its thorax and head are hairy. The abdomen is white and black colour striped.
- Sometimes we find circular holes in soft-leaved plants, these are made by the female Leafcutter Bee which uses the leaf to build her nest.
- Reference:
- 1. Wildlife of Greater Brisbane - New edition, Published by Queensland Museum 2007, p165.
