Genus Megachile
Subgenus Megachile
Male
This is the Groucho Marx of the bee world. Can't you just hear its mother saying, "Trim that darn mustache.
No self-respecting girlbee will marry you with that broom on your upper lip!" © Carol Davis, 7-4-2010
I found this Leaf-cutting Bee at the North Arm Viewing Area of Pineview Reservoir. Bees
in the genus Megachile tend to be rather hairy. © Carol Davis, 7-4-2010
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