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Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee

Megachile mendica

The Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee is a small, friendly bee that loves to collect leaves. They use the leaves to build cozy nests for their babies. These bees are important for helping flowers grow by spreading pollen.

生息地: Urban areas

外見

The Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee is a medium-sized bee with a black body covered in dense whitish hairs, especially on its face and the underside of its abdomen. Females have a prominent brush of golden-yellow hairs beneath their belly for collecting pollen, and their abdomen often appears somewhat flattened.

AnimaliaArthropodaInsectaHymenopteraMegachilidaeMegachile
Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee
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Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee

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

A female bee can lay up to 20 eggs, each in its own leafy chamber.

Leafcutter bees don't sting unless aggressively handled, making them gentle giants!

These bees prefer to use leaves from roses and lilacs for their nests!

They often choose hollow stems or rotting wood to build their amazing nests.

特殊能力

能力

Precision Cutter

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee can snip perfect circular pieces from leaves using strong jaws, which helps them build sturdy, camouflaged nests.

能力

Belly Carrier

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee has a unique fuzzy brush on its belly that helps them carry massive amounts of pollen, making them excellent pollinators.

能力

Tunnel Architect

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee can construct individual cells within tunnels using leaf pieces, providing safe, custom nurseries for their young.

サイズと詳細

翼開長
15-25 mm
サイズ
8-12 mm
寿命
20-60 日
飛行速度
18 km/h
脚の数
6

食性と食事

They sip nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their babies.

主な食物

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Helianthus annuus
  • Trifolium repens

採餌方法

  • Foraging

生態系とのつながり

pollinates

Multiflora Rose

Rosa multiflora

Gathers leaf pieces and pollen from flowers.

pollinates

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Collects nectar and pollen from its blooms.

eaten by

Goldenrod Crab Spider

Misumena vatia

Ambush predator waiting on flowers for bees.

parasitizes

Sapyga Wasp

Sapyga pumila

Lays eggs in the bee's nest cells.

特徴

別名

まだ別名はありません。

コレクション

安全性

危険度

1/5 · 非常に低い

Be gentle and quiet around bees; they are usually not dangerous and just want to collect food.

よくある質問

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Beeの翼開長は何ですか?

15-25 mm

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Beeのサイズは何ですか?

8-12 mm

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Beeの寿命は何ですか?

20-60 日

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Beeの飛行速度は何ですか?

18 km/h

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Beeは何を食べますか?

They sip nectar for energy and gather pollen to feed their babies.

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Beeは通常どこに生息していますか?

Urban areas

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Beeはどのように狩りをしますか?

Foraging

Flat-tailed Leafcutter Beeの脚の数は何ですか?

6

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