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Mason bee is a name now commonly used for species of bees in the genus Osmia, of the family Megachilidae. Mason bees are named for their habit of using mud or other "masonry" products in constructing their nests , which are made in naturally occurring gaps such as between cracks in stones or other small dark cavities.
Toggle Description and identification subsection. 2.1 ... is a species of mason bee, and is known as the red mason bee due to its covering of dense gingery hair. [2 ...
A leaf-cutter bee showing abdominal scopa. Megachilidae is a cosmopolitan family of mostly solitary bees.Characteristic traits of this family are the restriction of their pollen-carrying structure (called a scopa) to the ventral surface of the abdomen (rather than mostly or exclusively on the hind legs as in other bee families), and their typically elongated labrum. [1]
Many types of mason bees are specialists and ... are small native bees with 150 species found in North America. ... entomologist and assistant research professor of arthropod identification, ...
Anthidium maculosum is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter, carder, or mason bees. [1] [2] It is a solitary bee where the males are territorial and the females take part in polyandry. [3] The males of A. maculosum differ from most
Osmia inermis, the mountain mason bee [2], is a species of mason bee from the family Megachilidae which has a Holarctic distribution. [1] Description
Osmia caerulescens, the blue mason bee, is a species of solitary bee from the family Megachilidae. [1] It has a Holarctic distribution extending into the Indomalayan region, although its presence in the Nearctic may be due to human-assisted introduction.
Osmia parietina, also known as the Western mason bee or wall mason bee, is a species of solitary bee within the family Megachilidae. [1] Description