Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-21-09. © Ron Hemberger |
Leafcutter Bee
Megachile sp. From Eric Eaton:
Males have a blunt, if not truncated, abdomen (tapers in females) that has no pollen-collecting hairs (females have a scopa on the underside of the abdomen). Males tend to have large, 'pale' eyes, and yellow markings on the face (females have slightly smaller, 'darker' eyes, an all-gray face). Hymenoptera: Megachilidae Back to Hymenoptera index page |
Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 6-25-08. © Ron Hemberger |
Female. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 6-25-08. © Ron Hemberger |
Female, 11mm, in Cirsium occidentale , Santa Ana Mountains, Orange County, CA. 05/07/2007. © Hartmut Wisch. |
Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 5-2-07. © Ron Hemberger |
Incredible Edible Park, Irvine, Orange County, CA. 8-14-08. © Ron Hemberger |
Male. Woods End Wilderness Preserve, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 9-30-08. © Peter J. Bryant. |
Male. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9/15/07. © Ron Hemberger |
Male. Fullerton Arboretum, Fullerton, Orange County, CA. 9/15/07. © Ron Hemberger |
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-21-09. © Ron Hemberger |
Nix Nature Center, Laguna Beach, Orange County, CA. 6-21-09. © Ron Hemberger |
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 6-30-10. © Ron Hemberger |
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 6-30-10. © Ron Hemberger |
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 6-30-10. © Ron Hemberger |
Irvine Regional Park, Orange, Orange County, CA. 6-30-10. © Ron Hemberger |