Megachile fidelis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Megachilidae |
| Genus: | Megachile |
| Species: | M. fidelis
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Megachile fidelis, the faithful leafcutting bee, is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae.
This species is found in the western United States, where it ranges from
Western Leafcutting Bee. However, adult bees do not leave their brood cells until all the cells between their cell and the end of the tunnel have been vacated. As with the case of many bees, larva grow extremely rapidly when in their brood cells. It is often found that this species of bee leave their nests around spring.[2]
The species was first described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1878.[1]
References
External links
- Colorado State University "Extension" - Leafcutter Bees no. 5.
- The Faithful Leafcutting Bee[permanent dead link]