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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, and Sharptail bees (Megachilini) » Leafcutter and Resin Bees (Megachile) » Subgenus Sayapis (Megachile Subgenus Sayapis) » Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee (Megachile pugnata) » Megachile pugnata pugnata
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Melittidae? - Megachile pugnata
Copyright © 2015 Karen

Melittidae? - Megachile pugnata
Sturgis, St. Joseph County, Michigan, USA
July 22, 2015
Is this one of the Melittidae bee species? Thanks for your help!
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Contributed by Karen on 22 July, 2015 - 4:49pm
Last updated 3 August, 2015 - 8:08pm

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… John S. Ascher, 3 August, 2015 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

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… v belov, 2 August, 2015 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

Female Leaf-cutter Bee!
Karen, your bee seems to resemble the Leaf-cutter Bees in the genus Megachile. She looks very much like a Megachile pugnata or something very close to it. Here is a female from Ohio:


Good Luck!
… Bob Biagi, 22 July, 2015 - 6:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Thank you very much Bob!
Thank you very much Bob!
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