Alfalfa leaf-cutter bee

Scientific name: Megachile rotundata

Officially approvedEntity code: ENT-0180

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Life cycle

Megachile rotundata is a solitary-nesting bee.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-EACB6B15E7 · SRC-DSC-0BE9A69381Statement code: CLM-ENT0180-DSC-01

Female Megachile rotundata use leaf pieces to construct nest cells.

Evidence: SRC-DSC-EACB6B15E7 · SRC-DSC-0BE9A69381Statement code: CLM-ENT0180-DSC-02

A conference abstract published in 2019 and indexed by the USDA Agricultural Research Service reports that Megachile rotundata males emerged earlier in the day than females in an experiment on separated brood cells under different thermoperiods.

Evidence: SRC-RES-16E70E5E30Statement code: CLM-ENT0180-RES-02

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In NAKTASHIF worlds:Gardens, farms and human-associated habitats

Sources

1Animal Diversity Web — Megachile rotundataSRC-C540-B05-ADW-ENT0180
2Alfalfa Leaf-Cutter Bee Megachile rotundata (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Megachilidae)SRC-DSC-EACB6B15E7
3Phenotypic integration in an extended phenotype: among-individual variation in nest-building traits of the alfalfa leafcutting bee (Megachile rotundata)SRC-DSC-0BE9A69381
4Nectar and pollen sugars constituting larval provisions of the alfalfa leaf-cutting bee (Megachile rotundata) (Hymenoptera: Apiformes: Megachilidae)SRC-DSC-C2FEBB5B30
5Sex-specific differences in emergence patterns of solitary, cavity-nesting bee, Megachile rotundataSRC-RES-16E70E5E30