Megachile mendica, the flat-tailed leafcutter bee, is a species of solitary bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1878.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Megachile petulans
- Megachile brevis
- Megachile texana
- Megachile addenda
- Megachile pruina
- Megachile relativa
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Megachile
- Species
- Megachile mendica
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