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Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee
探検昆虫
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee
megachile rotundata
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!
生息地: Alfalfa fields, gardens, and meadows where flowers bloom.
外見
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.
界Animalia門Arthropoda綱Insecta目Hymenoptera科Megachilidae属Megachile
カテゴリ
昆虫レア度
Common
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
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おもしろい事実
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!
特殊能力
能力
Leaf Architects
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees can snip perfect circular leaf pieces using powerful jaws that helps them build cozy, tubular nest cells.
能力
Belly Pollen Carrier
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees have a special hairy abdomen (scopa) that helps them efficiently collect and transport pollen.
能力
Super Pollinators
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bees rapidly and effectively pollinate many flowers, which helps increase crop yields for farmers.
サイズと詳細
- 翼開長
- 12-20 mm
- サイズ
- 6-10 mm
- 寿命
- 28-42 日
- 飛行速度
- 15 km/h
- 脚の数
- 6
食性と食事
They love to sip sweet nectar and collect protein-rich pollen from flowers to feed their young!
主な食物
- Nectar
- Pollen
- Alfalfa pollen
- Clover pollen
- Sunflower pollen
採餌方法
- Foraging
生態系とのつながり
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.
特徴
別名
Alfalfa BeeMegachile Bee
コレクション
安全性
危険度
1/5 · 非常に低い
まだ特別な安全上の注意はありません。
よくある質問
Alfalfa Leafcutter Beeの翼開長は何ですか？
12-20 mm
Alfalfa Leafcutter Beeのサイズは何ですか？
6-10 mm
Alfalfa Leafcutter Beeの寿命は何ですか？
28-42 日
Alfalfa Leafcutter Beeの飛行速度は何ですか？
15 km/h
Alfalfa Leafcutter Beeは何を食べますか？
They love to sip sweet nectar and collect protein-rich pollen from flowers to feed their young!
Alfalfa Leafcutter Beeは通常どこに生息していますか？
Alfalfa fields, gardens, and meadows where flowers bloom.
Alfalfa Leafcutter Beeはどのように狩りをしますか？
Foraging
Alfalfa Leafcutter Beeの脚の数は何ですか？
6
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