Megachile perihirta
Western leafcutter bee
Megachilidae
Vancouver Island Lower Mainland Coast Galiano
Observation notes
First documented by Sladen 1919, with extensive historical record in the Pacific Maritime (see Best list for historical record to 2000). Ratti et al. 2008: Fraser Valley. Spencer Entomological Collection, UBC: (C.G. Ratzlaff), 2015, Tsawwassen. M. Clausen, Masters thesis: 2017, Delta. Guzman et al., 2023: (Elle), 2005; (Neame), 2007; (Gielens), 2009; (Wray), 2012; (Gillespie), 2015, Vancouver Island. (Gehrels), 2013; (Elle), 2016, Lower Mainland. (Bobiwash), 2016, Abbotsford. NBSBC Bee Atlas Database: (Zand), 2021, 2022; (Gadzik), 2022, Vancouver Island; (Cruise), 2022, Sunshine Coast; (McDougall), (Lakes), (Wong), (Carmichael), (Lee), 2023, Vancouver Island. iNaturalist: Vancouver Island, Lower Mainland, Fraser Valley, Squamish, from 2014.