Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee (Megachile ligniseca)

Wood-carving Leafcutter 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 ligniseca is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by William Kirby in 1802.

Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Wood-carving 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 willughbiella
Megachile centuncularis
Megachile inermis
Megachile frigida
Lithurgus cornutus
Megachile maritima

Classification

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

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