Woolly Wall Bee

Nesting and ecological role

Megachile lanata is an introduced bee included in University of Hawaiʻi guidance on cavity-nesting bees and bee hotels. Its occurrence in crop and garden pollinator discussions should be distinguished from conservation of Hawaiʻi’s native Hylaeus bees. A visitor to a flower is evidence of visitation; demonstrating an important pollination service requires showing pollen transfer and reproductive benefit to the plant concerned.

Kauaʻi occurrence and evidence

Atlas occurrence category: Present. Matsunaga, Howarth & Kumashiro (2019) Table 1 includes Kauaʻi island code 'Ka'; first-detection year shown as 2008; reported island distribution: Ka, Ma, Mo, Oa.

Account coverage

Published species details have been added. A complete Kauaʻi-specific account of identification, habitat, feeding, reproduction, and population trend is not yet established by the sources linked here.

Names and classification

Scientific name

Megachile lanata

Common names

Woolly Wall Bee

Family

Megachilidae

Order

Hymenoptera

Record type

species

Kauaʻi occurrence and status

Kauaʻi occurrence

Present

Origin

Introduced

Conservation status

Not assessed

Process and seasonal context

Seasonal description

Woolly Wall Bee (Megachile lanata) belongs to Megachilidae in the order Hymenoptera. Its recorded origin status is introduced.

Sources and further reading

• Peer-reviewed alien-fauna update
• Nesting and ecological role — species source