Cranberry leafcutter bee (Megachile addenda)

Cranberry leafcutter bee, a reference photo — Photo: USGS Bee Inventory and Monitoring Lab from Beltsville, Maryland, USA · Public domain

Megachile addenda is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Ezra Townsend Cresson in 1878. It is a pollinator of cranberries, nesting in sand beds.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Cranberry 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 brevis
Megachile mendica
Megachile texana
Megachile petulans
Megachile frigida
Megachile leachella

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachilidae
Genus: Megachile
Species: Megachile addenda

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