Heriades carinata Cresson, 1864    
Kingdom Animalia   >   Phylum Arthropoda   >   Class Insecta   >   Order Hymenoptera   >   Family Megachilidae   >   Genus Heriades   

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Found throughout the U.S. and southern Canada (BugGuide). Nests in tiny holes, often those made by wood boring/powder post beetles. It carries its pollen underneath its abdomen and is long and slim, so that it can inhabit these tiny holes to lay a series of eggs in a series of cells filled with pollen and nectar. (S. Droege, pers. comm.)

There are 13 records in the project database.

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A female Heriades carinatus in Prince George's Co., Maryland. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A female Heriades carinatus in Prince George's Co., Maryland. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A male Heriades carinata in Prince George's Co., Maryland. Photographed by Elizabeth Garcia. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A male Heriades carinata in Prince George's Co., Maryland. Photographed by Elizabeth Garcia. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)

A male Heriades carinata in Prince George's Co., Maryland. Photographed by Elizabeth Garcia. Photo by USGS PWRC. (MBP list)


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