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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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Megachile ID Request - Megachile pugnata
Copyright © 2009 Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City

Megachile ID Request - Megachile pugnata
Herring Run Park, Baltimore City County, Maryland, USA
July 4, 2009
Observed on Cichorium intybus.

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Megachile ID Request - Megachile pugnata - female Megachile ID Request - Megachile pugnata
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Contributed by Thomas Wilson of Armistead Gardens in Baltimore City on 4 July, 2009 - 2:38pm
Last updated 14 December, 2009 - 11:25pm

I don't know what kind of bee
I don't know what kind of bees these are but there are many of them (as well as hornets, red wasps, paper wasps, large yellowjackets, honeybees, etc.) on our family farm. I've never been able to follow one back to a hive, nor have I ever been stung by one. You can imagine the surprise I got when I was seven, watching a "honey bee" with white instead of yellow-orange dig a hole in the ground and then hover in front of my face to check me out. I think they might be a type of leaf cutter bee.
… Matthew Forrest Caswell Rienzo, 1 July, 2011 - 9:28pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Sayapis.
… John S. Ascher, 14 December, 2009 - 11:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 10 November, 2009 - 11:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Sayapis.
… Beatriz Moisset, 4 July, 2009 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

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