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Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee

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The Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee is a small, fuzzy bee that loves to collect leaves for its nest. It plays an important role in helping flowers grow by pollinating them as it buzzes around!

Hábitat: Alfalfa fields, gardens, and meadows where flowers bloom.

Aspecto

The Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee is a small, stout bee with a dark body covered in dense, yellowish-grey hairs, especially on its underside. Females have a distinct golden-bristled belly (scopa) for carrying pollen, differing from the leg-pollen baskets of honeybees. They are generally less fuzzy than bumblebees.

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Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee
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Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee

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Rareza

Common

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Datos interesantes

Each female bee builds individual nursery cells, laying one egg in each leafy compartment.

Their unique nests look like tiny burritos or cigars made from carefully cut leaf pieces!

These busy bees are so effective at their job, farmers actually buy them to pollinate crops!

Unlike honeybees, they carry pollen on their hairy tummies, not in baskets on their legs!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

Leaf Architects

Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees can snip perfect circular leaf pieces using powerful jaws that helps them build cozy, tubular nest cells.

Habilidad

Belly Pollen Carrier

Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees have a special hairy abdomen (scopa) that helps them efficiently collect and transport pollen.

Habilidad

Super Pollinators

Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees rapidly and effectively pollinate many flowers, which helps increase crop yields for farmers.

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
12-20 mm
Tamaño
6-10 mm
Esperanza de vida
28-42 días
Velocidad de vuelo
15 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

They love to sip sweet nectar and collect protein-rich pollen from flowers to feed their young!

Alimentos principales

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Alfalfa pollen
  • Clover pollen
  • Sunflower pollen

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

pollinates

Alfalfa

Medicago sativa

Essential for alfalfa seed production.

parasitizes

Cuckoo Bee

Sapyga pumila

Lays eggs in the leafcutter bee's nest cells.

parasitizes

Chalcid Wasp

Monodontomerus obsoletus

Parasitic wasp that attacks larvae.

eaten by

Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Hides on flowers, ambushing visiting bees.

Rasgos

También conocido como

Alfalfa BeeMegachile Bee

Colecciones

Seguridad

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee?

12-20 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee?

6-10 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee?

28-42 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee?

15 km/h

¿Qué come Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee?

They love to sip sweet nectar and collect protein-rich pollen from flowers to feed their young!

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee?

Alfalfa fields, gardens, and meadows where flowers bloom.

¿Cómo caza Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee?

6

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