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lejun | all galleries >> Other Insects >> Bees, Flies, Wasps, Midges and Related Species >> Sweat Bees, Leafcutter Bees, Resin Bees and related bees > Sculptured Resin Bee
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04-AUG-2004 Lejun

Sculptured Resin Bee

Copyright © Lewis Scharpf

Megachile sculpturalis
This species is native to Japan and East Asia
First recorded in the US in 1994 in North Carolina
Alabama

Nikon Coolpix 5400
1/125s f/2.8 at 5.8mm iso100 with Flash full exif

other sizes: small original auto
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Guest 18-Aug-2004 20:56
This is a giant resin bee, Megachile sculpturalis, a relatively newly introduced species from Asia.