swap_horiz Megachile pluto Alternatives

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Apis mellifera

Apis mellifera, commonly known as the European honeybee, is a social insect belonging to the Hymenoptera order. Notably,...

Managed Extant Eusocial Honey Bee

9.2 Excellent

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Bombus terrestris

Bombus terrestris is a widespread bumblebee species native to Europe. It’s notable for its subterranean nesting behavior...

Europe Commercial Extant Bumblebee

9.2 Excellent

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Osmia lignaria

Osmia lignaria, commonly known as the blue orchard bee, is a species of mason bee native to North America. It’s notable...

Managed Orchard Extant Mason Bee

9.2 Excellent

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Megachile rotundata

Megachile rotundata, commonly known as the alfalfa leafcutter bee, is a solitary bee native to Eurasia. It’s notable for...

Managed Extant Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee

9.1 Excellent

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Wallace's Giant Bee (Megachile pluto)

Wallace's Giant Bee, *Megachile pluto*, is a large solitary bee native to Indonesia. It’s notable as the largest living...

Indonesia Solitary Leafcutter Bee Megachilidae

9.1 Excellent

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Apis laboriosa

Apis laboriosa is a large, extant honeybee species native to the Himalayan region of Nepal and India. It’s notable for b...

Himalayan Giant Extant Honey Bee

8.8 Great

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Apis dorsata

Apis dorsata, or the giant honey bee, is a large, aggressive honey bee native to South and Southeast Asia that builds ex...

Giant Extant Honey Bee Apis

7.7 Good

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Megachile centuncularis

Megachile centuncularis, or the patchwork leafcutter bee, is a solitary bee native to Europe, recognized by the neat, ci...

Europe Roses Extant Leafcutter Bee

7.7 Good

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Megachile willughbiella

Megachile willughbiella is a widespread leafcutter bee found across Europe and Asia, noted for using cut leaf fragments...

Europe Extant Leafcutter Bee Megachile

7.7 Good

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Megachile parietina

Megachile parietina is a large solitary mason bee native to Europe and Asia, notable for building its nest cells on the...

Black Extant Palaearctic Megachile

7.5 Good

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Megachile lagopoda

Megachile lagopoda is a large leafcutter bee native to Europe and Asia, notable for the males' distinctive enlarged fron...

Extant Solitary Palaearctic Leafcutter Bee

7.4 Good

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Megachile campanulae

Megachile campanulae is a North American resin bee notable for using plant resins to build its nest cells, distinguishin...

North America Extant Megachile Resin Bee

7.2 Good

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Megachile relativa

Megachile relativa is a solitary leafcutter bee native to North America, recognized as an important pollinator for vario...

North America Extant Solitary Leafcutter Bee

6.9 Fair

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Megachile pugnata

Megachile pugnata is a solitary North American leafcutter bee notable for using chewed leaves and petals to construct it...

North America Extant Leafcutter Bee Megachile

6.9 Fair

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Megachile brevis

Megachile brevis is a solitary leafcutter bee native to North America, notable for its generalist foraging behavior and...

North America Extant Solitary Leafcutter Bee

6.8 Fair

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Megachile georgica

Megachile georgica is a solitary leafcutter bee found in the Eastern United States, notable for its role as a pollinator...

North America Extant Solitary Leafcutter Bee

6.7 Fair

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Megachile sicula

Megachile sicula is a solitary leafcutter bee native to the Mediterranean region, notable for its recent range expansion...

Mediterranean Extant Solitary Megachile

6.7 Fair

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Megachile maxillosa

Megachile maxillosa is a solitary bee found across Africa and the Middle East, notable for its leaf-cutting nesting habi...

Desert Extant Solitary Megachile

6.6 Fair

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Megachile apicalis

Megachile apicalis is a leafcutter bee native to Europe and Asia that was accidentally introduced to the United States i...

Extant Introduced Solitary Leafcutter Bee

6.5 Fair

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Megachile sculpturalis

Megachile sculpturalis, the giant resin bee, is a large solitary bee native to East Asia that has become an invasive spe...

Asian Extant Introduced Megachile

6.1 Fair