Black Leafcutter Bee
Megachile melanophaea
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Large leafcutter bee, all black with robust build. Efficient pollinator of native sunflowers and buckwheat. Important generalist native pollinator.
Plants that support Black Leafcutter Bee
1 plants
Creeping Snowberry
Symphoricarpos mollis
shrub
mid to late summer pollen collection
Bay Area native