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Common Name:
Leaf-cutting Bee

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass:
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Megachilini 
Species:
Megachile (Xanthosarus) sp.

Checklist No:

Location:
Monhegan Island
Monhegan, ME
USA
GPS: 43.763051,-69.320026

Date: 9/1/06

Stage: Adult
Sex:
Notes:

Image at BugGuide: http://bugguide.net/node/view/588461

Megachile (Xanthosarus) sp. Megachilidae
Leaf-cutting Bee
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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