Banded Mud Bee

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Megachile ericetorum

Banded Mud Bee, a reference photo
Photo: This image is created by user Dick Belgers at Waarneming.nl, a source of nature observations in the Netherlands. · CC BY 3.0 (licence)

Megachile ericetorum is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Amédée Louis Michel Lepeletier in 1841.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Banded Mud 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.

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Classification

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Hymenoptera
Family
Megachilidae
Species
Megachile ericetorum

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