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Common Name:
Giant Resin Bee

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum:
Superclass: Hexapoda
Class: Insecta
Subclass: Pterygota
Order: Hymenoptera
Suborder: Apocrita
Infraorder: Aculeata
Superfamily: Apoidea
Family: Megachilidae
Subfamily: Megachilinae
Tribe: Megachilini 
Species:
Megachile sculpturalis

Hodges No:

Location:
Pymatuning Reservoir
Crawford County, PA
USA

Date: 7/3/07

Notes: Introduced from Asia

Megachile sculpturalis Megachilidae
Giant Resin Bee
Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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