Tag: Megachile xylocopoides

• Carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee (Megachile xylocopoides)

  Megachilidae > Megachile > Megachile xylocopoides Carpenter-mimic leafcutter bee (Megachile xylocopoides) is a large, glossy black megachilid. It can be found throughout the summer on asters like coreopsis, sunflowers, and goldenrods in gardens and backyards. M. xylocopoides is a straightforward field identification: it hardly resembles another megachilid in the northeast. Rather, its model is the…

  Bee Watching

  January 12, 2023

  Megachile, Specialists, Species Page, Summer Bees

  asters, backyard bee, black, garden, Megachile, Megachile xylocopoides, summer