Burrowing Mastic Bee – Megachile sp. (Peak Charles NP)

Order Hymenoptera; Family Megachilidae; Scientific name: Megachile sp. (Peak Charles NP); Common name: Burrowing Mastic Bee – Bees belonging to Genus Megachile lost features associated with ground-burrowing (basitibial & pygidial plates) in spite of that some species have reverted to nesting in the soil - Distribution in Australia: Western Australia - Photographed in Peak Charles NP in South-east Coastal Region of Western Australia.