Order:  Hymenoptera
Family:  Megachilidae
Diet: 
Vegetation Association:  Roses, bougainvillea, ash or any other plant with smooth thin leaves is selected for cutting.  The female makes her nest in hollow plant stems or tunnels in bored wood, she places petals or leaves which she has cut in the nest,   she uses a mixture with pollen and nectar on top of the leaves, then she lays her egg.  When the egg hatches it eats the food provided.
Predators:
Life Stages: Complete metamorphosis: egg, larvae, pupa, adult.
Notes:  This is a solitary bee.  This bee gets its name from cutting ovals and circles into plant petals and leaves.