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Leaf Cutter Bee? - Megachile pugnata
Copyright © 2012 Bob Webster

Leaf Cutter Bee? - Megachile pugnata
South of Breckenridge, Summit County, Colorado, USA
July 25, 2012
Megachile?
Contributed by Bob Webster on 26 July, 2012 - 1:31am
Last updated 1 March, 2014 - 3:11am

Moved
Moved from Subgenus Sayapis.
… John S. Ascher, 1 March, 2014 - 3:11am

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutter and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 1 March, 2014 - 3:10am

Megachile pugnata
female
… John S. Ascher, 1 August, 2012 - 10:10pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 26 July, 2012 - 4:24pm

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