Still another bee - Megachile pugnata

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Copyright © 2004 Beatriz Moisset

Still another bee - Megachile pugnata -

Pennypack Restoration Trust, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
July 6, 2004

Here is another unidentified bee.
Southeastern PA

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Contributed by Beatriz Moisset on 27 September, 2004 - 2:44pm
Last updated 27 May, 2019 - 1:05pm

Moved

Moved from Subgenus Sayapis.

… John S. Ascher, 14 December, 2009 - 11:37pm

Moved

Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.

… Ted Kropiewnicki, 24 March, 2008 - 3:17pm

Megachile (Sayapis) pugnata pugnata female

quite unlike parallela

… John S. Ascher, 28 September, 2006 - 10:41pm

Megachile parallela?

Reminds me much of Megachile parallela.

… Adalbert Goertz, 19 June, 2005 - 5:45pm

Thanks, Adalbert

Thank you. I am glad that we have you here at Bugguide.net. You know a lot about bees and other flower visitors and you can help us a lot.

… Beatriz Moisset, 19 June, 2005 - 8:01pm

Leafcutter bee

This is a leafcutter bee, Megachile sp.

… Eric R. Eaton, 27 September, 2004 - 3:30pm

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