Belly-shaped Hard Grass vs Patchwork Leaf-Cutter Bee

Aegilops ventricosa compared with Megachile centuncularis

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Patchwork Leaf-Cutter Bee
Kingdom	Plantae (planta)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Arthropoda (artrópodos)
Class	Liliopsida (Monocots)	Insecta (insecto)
Order	Poales (Grasses)	Hymenoptera (himenópteros)
Family	Poaceae (Grass Family)	Megachilidae
Genus	Aegilops	Megachile
Species	Aegilops ventricosa	Megachile centuncularis

Conservation Status

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

LC — Least Concern

Patchwork Leaf-Cutter Bee

LC — Least Concern

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Belly-shaped Hard Grass	Patchwork Leaf-Cutter Bee
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

Habitat

Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.

Range

Distributed across Belgium, France, Netherlands, and United Kingdom.

Patchwork Leaf-Cutter Bee

Habitat

Typically found in virtually all terrestrial and freshwater habitats.

Range

Found across Europe (6 countries) and North America (United States).

Belly-shaped Hard Grass

The Belly-shaped Hard Grass (Aegilops ventricosa) is a species in the genus Aegilops. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in grasslands, wetlands, forests, and cultivated landscapes.