Coast Leafcutter Bee

Megachile maritima, common name coast leaf-cutter, is a species of leaf-cutter bees in the family Megachilidae. It was described by William Kirby in 1802.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Coast 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 lagopoda
• Megachile willughbiella
• Megachile ligniseca
• Megachile perihirta
• Megachile latimanus
• Megachile frigida

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Hymenoptera

Family

Megachilidae

Genus

Megachile

Species

Megachile maritima

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