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title: "Sculptured Resin Bee"
description: "Megachile sculpturalis — Insetti e ragni. Megachile sculpturalis, known as the giant resin bee and sculptured resin bee, is a species of leafcutting bees belonging to the family Megachilidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/sculptured-resin-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Sculptured Resin Bee

> Megachile sculpturalis — Insetti e ragni. Megachile sculpturalis, known as the giant resin bee and sculptured resin bee, is a species of leafcutting bees belonging to the family Megachilidae.

- Scientific name: *Megachile sculpturalis*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 9453
- Wikidata: [Q1313252](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1313252)
- iNaturalist taxon: [52785](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/52785)

## Names

- en: Sculptured Resin Bee
- de: Asiatische Mörtelbiene
- es: Abeja gigante de la resina
- fr: Abeille résinière géante

## Countries with the most observations

US (6693), FR (634), IT (416), CA (312), AT (206), ES (188), JP (124), HU (111), CN (94), KR (74), DE (72), UA (69)

## Summary

Megachile sculpturalis, known as the giant resin bee and sculptured resin bee, is a species of leafcutting bees belonging to the family Megachilidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megachile_sculpturalis

## Photo

![Sculptured Resin Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/sculptured-resin-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Allison · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/230290532

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/sculptured-resin-bee?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).