Megachile rotundata
Alfalfa Leaf-cutter Bee
- Category
- invertebrate
- Primary role
- pollinator
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Genus
- Megachile
Animalia | Arthropoda | Insecta | Hymenoptera | Megachilidae | Megachile
External: GBIF #1335648
2 AI-consensus-verified claims across 1 interaction category.
Related entities
Top entities sharing the most verified claims with Megachile rotundata.
pollination 2 claims
- This entity is the subject of pollination on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: beneficial
“Megachile rotundata pollinates alfalfa in many areas”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed - This entity is the subject of pollination on Medicago sativa (Alfalfa) · effect: beneficial
“leafcutter bees, Megachile rotundata, are managed to improve alfalfa pollination and seed production”
pollinates ✓ 2/2 AI critics agreed
Genus-level evidence
2 claims where the source named the organism only at the genus or collective level (e.g. Megachile sp.) and did not determine the species. Listed separately because they apply to the genus, not specifically to Megachile rotundata.
- parasitism · Coelioxys spp. → Megachile spp. · effect: harmful
“young larva of Coelioxys…has a large, usually more or less prognathous, sclerotized head and sickle-shaped mandibles”
- parasitism · Coelioxys spp. → Megachile spp. · effect: harmful
“Coelioxys funeraria Smith parasitizing two different-sized species of Megachile in Michigan”
Aggregated via GloBI — not independently verified by AgroEco.
pollination 43
- GloBI pollinates Lotus corniculatus Guzman, Laura Melissa; Kelly, Tyler; Elle, Elizabeth, 2022, "A dataset for pollinator diversity and their interactions with plants in the Pacific NorthWest", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/WTEZNH, Borealis, V1. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/guzman2022/archive/e24f70b4a435156264c45a853b4a58687df4cdfc.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Medicago sativa https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=16824120
- GloBI interactsWith Melilotus officinalis Digital Bee Collections Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. National Science Foundation grant DBI 0956388
- GloBI pollinates Melilotus officinalis Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Trifolium repens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288623566
- GloBI pollinates Origanum vulgare Guzman, Laura Melissa; Kelly, Tyler; Elle, Elizabeth, 2022, "A dataset for pollinator diversity and their interactions with plants in the Pacific NorthWest", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/WTEZNH, Borealis, V1. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/guzman2022/archive/e24f70b4a435156264c45a853b4a58687df4cdfc.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI pollinates Helianthus annuus Jeroen Scheper (WUR), David Kleijn (WUR), Isabelle Badenhausser (CEBC-CNRS), Vincent Bretagnolle (CEBC-CNRS), Ignasi Bartomeus (EBD-CSIC), Carlos Zaragoza-Trello (EBD-CSIC)
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium repens Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Origanum vulgare 4cb6ff17-1ed6-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e
- GloBI interactsWith Lotus corniculatus Digital Bee Collections Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. National Science Foundation grant DBI 0956388
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Lotus corniculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232012652
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117332787
- GloBI eats Medicago sativa Humber, R.A. 1992. Collection of entomopathogenic fungal cultures: catolog of strains, 1992. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. ARS-110. 177pp. (Plant Protection Research Unit, U.S. Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory, Tower Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. 14853-0331.)
- GloBI pollinates Cucumis melo Rachael Winfree, Neal M. Williams, Hannah Gaines, John S. Ascher, Claire Kremen DOI
- GloBI visits Medicago falcata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52545393
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Medicago falcata Cane, JH. 2002. Pollinating bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) of U.S. alfalfa compared for rates on pod and seed set. Journal of Economic Entomology 95: 22-27. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Achillea millefolium https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13450990
- GloBI visits Achillea millefolium https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166530509
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Achillea millefolium https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86598956
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Cichorium intybus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193156195
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Coriandrum sativum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117518064
- GloBI eats Foeniculum vulgare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29157103
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium hybridum Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Trifolium pratense https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134935825
- GloBI eats Trifolium repens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18748068
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Brassica rapa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194934500
- GloBI eats Daucus carota https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130979807
- GloBI eats Lotus corniculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117556529
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Origanum vulgare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179012198
- GloBI pollinates Tanacetum vulgare Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI visits Melilotus officinalis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53432999
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Mentha spicata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/321965803
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Rubus idaeus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28264179
- GloBI interactsWith Coronilla varia https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=16824111
- GloBI pollinates Allium sativum Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Daucus carota https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=5389883
- GloBI pollinates Daucus carota Cane J.H. 2002. Pollinating bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) of U.S. alfalfa compared for rates of pod and seed set. J Econom Entomol, 95, 22-2. DOI
- GloBI pollinates Foeniculum vulgare Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium pratense Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI visits Trifolium pratense @book{westrich_paul_wildbienen_1990, address = {Stuttgart, DEU}, edition = {2}, title = {Die {Wildbienen} {Baden}-{Württenbergs}. {Spezieller} {Teil}}, volume = {2}, isbn = {3-8001-3317-2}, language = {de}, publisher = {Ulmer}, author = {{Westrich, Paul}}, year = {1990}, }
- GloBI visits Trifolium repens @book{westrich_paul_wildbienen_1990, address = {Stuttgart, DEU}, edition = {2}, title = {Die {Wildbienen} {Baden}-{Württenbergs}. {Spezieller} {Teil}}, volume = {2}, isbn = {3-8001-3317-2}, language = {de}, publisher = {Ulmer}, author = {{Westrich, Paul}}, year = {1990}, }
- GloBI visits Lotus corniculatus @book{westrich_paul_wildbienen_1990, address = {Stuttgart, DEU}, edition = {2}, title = {Die {Wildbienen} {Baden}-{Württenbergs}. {Spezieller} {Teil}}, volume = {2}, isbn = {3-8001-3317-2}, language = {de}, publisher = {Ulmer}, author = {{Westrich, Paul}}, year = {1990}, }
- GloBI pollinates Medicago sativa Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
crop interaction 43
- GloBI pollinates Lotus corniculatus Guzman, Laura Melissa; Kelly, Tyler; Elle, Elizabeth, 2022, "A dataset for pollinator diversity and their interactions with plants in the Pacific NorthWest", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/WTEZNH, Borealis, V1. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/guzman2022/archive/e24f70b4a435156264c45a853b4a58687df4cdfc.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Medicago sativa https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=16824120
- GloBI interactsWith Melilotus officinalis Digital Bee Collections Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. National Science Foundation grant DBI 0956388
- GloBI pollinates Melilotus officinalis Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Trifolium repens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/288623566
- GloBI pollinates Origanum vulgare Guzman, Laura Melissa; Kelly, Tyler; Elle, Elizabeth, 2022, "A dataset for pollinator diversity and their interactions with plants in the Pacific NorthWest", https://doi.org/10.5683/SP3/WTEZNH, Borealis, V1. Accessed at <https://github.com/globalbioticinteractions/guzman2022/archive/e24f70b4a435156264c45a853b4a58687df4cdfc.zip> on 23 May 2026. DOI
- GloBI pollinates Helianthus annuus Jeroen Scheper (WUR), David Kleijn (WUR), Isabelle Badenhausser (CEBC-CNRS), Vincent Bretagnolle (CEBC-CNRS), Ignasi Bartomeus (EBD-CSIC), Carlos Zaragoza-Trello (EBD-CSIC)
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium repens Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Origanum vulgare 4cb6ff17-1ed6-11e3-bfac-90b11c41863e
- GloBI interactsWith Lotus corniculatus Digital Bee Collections Network, 2014 (and updates). Version: 2016-03-08. National Science Foundation grant DBI 0956388
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Lotus corniculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/232012652
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Brassica rapa subsp. sylvestris https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117332787
- GloBI eats Medicago sativa Humber, R.A. 1992. Collection of entomopathogenic fungal cultures: catolog of strains, 1992. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service. ARS-110. 177pp. (Plant Protection Research Unit, U.S. Plant, Soil, and Water Laboratory, Tower Rd., Ithaca, N. Y. 14853-0331.)
- GloBI pollinates Cucumis melo Rachael Winfree, Neal M. Williams, Hannah Gaines, John S. Ascher, Claire Kremen DOI
- GloBI visits Medicago falcata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52545393
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Medicago falcata Cane, JH. 2002. Pollinating bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) of U.S. alfalfa compared for rates on pod and seed set. Journal of Economic Entomology 95: 22-27. DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Achillea millefolium https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/13450990
- GloBI visits Achillea millefolium https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/166530509
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Achillea millefolium https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/86598956
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Cichorium intybus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/193156195
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Coriandrum sativum https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117518064
- GloBI eats Foeniculum vulgare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/29157103
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium hybridum Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Trifolium pratense https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/134935825
- GloBI eats Trifolium repens https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/18748068
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Brassica rapa https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194934500
- GloBI eats Daucus carota https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/130979807
- GloBI eats Lotus corniculatus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/117556529
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Origanum vulgare https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/179012198
- GloBI pollinates Tanacetum vulgare Lanuza et al. (2025), EuPPollNet: A European Database of Plant-Pollinator Networks. Global Ecol Biogeogr, 34: e70000. https://doi.org/10.1111/geb.70000. Accessed at <https://github.com/ElPea9/EuPPollNet/archive/df446ce3a2b0b0753777531aee32b965e41ebd7b.zip> on 23 May 2026.
- GloBI visits Melilotus officinalis https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53432999
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Mentha spicata https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/321965803
- GloBI visitsFlowersOf Rubus idaeus https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28264179
- GloBI interactsWith Coronilla varia https://scan-bugs.org:443/portal/collections/individual/index.php?occid=16824111
- GloBI pollinates Allium sativum Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI interactsWith Daucus carota https://ecdysis.org/collections/individual/index.php?occid=5389883
- GloBI pollinates Daucus carota Cane J.H. 2002. Pollinating bees (Hymenoptera: Apiformes) of U.S. alfalfa compared for rates of pod and seed set. J Econom Entomol, 95, 22-2. DOI
- GloBI pollinates Foeniculum vulgare Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI pollinates Trifolium pratense Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI
- GloBI visits Trifolium pratense @book{westrich_paul_wildbienen_1990, address = {Stuttgart, DEU}, edition = {2}, title = {Die {Wildbienen} {Baden}-{Württenbergs}. {Spezieller} {Teil}}, volume = {2}, isbn = {3-8001-3317-2}, language = {de}, publisher = {Ulmer}, author = {{Westrich, Paul}}, year = {1990}, }
- GloBI visits Trifolium repens @book{westrich_paul_wildbienen_1990, address = {Stuttgart, DEU}, edition = {2}, title = {Die {Wildbienen} {Baden}-{Württenbergs}. {Spezieller} {Teil}}, volume = {2}, isbn = {3-8001-3317-2}, language = {de}, publisher = {Ulmer}, author = {{Westrich, Paul}}, year = {1990}, }
- GloBI visits Lotus corniculatus @book{westrich_paul_wildbienen_1990, address = {Stuttgart, DEU}, edition = {2}, title = {Die {Wildbienen} {Baden}-{Württenbergs}. {Spezieller} {Teil}}, volume = {2}, isbn = {3-8001-3317-2}, language = {de}, publisher = {Ulmer}, author = {{Westrich, Paul}}, year = {1990}, }
- GloBI pollinates Medicago sativa Poelen, J. H. Global Biotic Interactions: Interpreted Data Products. Zenodo https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5708970 (2021). DOI