Holy mandibles!!!

**earthchild** · 07-22-2011, 08:46 PM

http://i792.photobucket.com/albums/y.../mandibles.jpg

I'm totally enamored by this little bee. Does anyone know what kind it is?

**Jetjockey** · 07-22-2011, 11:43 PM

Looks like it might be a male Megachile perihirta.

**earthchild** · 07-23-2011, 07:29 AM

Thanks Jetjockey. Do you see these a lot out in WA?

**dmpower** · 07-23-2011, 07:35 AM

Great photo!

**earthchild** · 07-23-2011, 08:11 AM

Thank you!

**Jetjockey** · 07-23-2011, 10:12 AM

Have yet to see that species yet, but I have a lot of other native pollinators that visit my flowers. I used www.bugguide.net to find him. He looked like he was from the family Megachilidae so all it took was a little looking around until I found a photo of a similar bee. If you would like to see some of my bee photos here is a link to my flickr account http://www.flickr.com/photos/matt-bearup/