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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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Leaf-cutter Bee - Megachile pugnata - male
Copyright © 2007 Ilona L.

Leaf-cutter Bee - Megachile pugnata - Male
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 23, 2007
This bee spent quite a bit of time doing something on a tansy leaf. One of the more seldom seen bees around here since this is the first time I've seen one like this. I think it looks like a Megachile but it has a more squared-off abdomen than the other Megachile bees that I see around the garden.

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Contributed by Ilona L. on 25 June, 2007 - 1:38am
Last updated 11 December, 2010 - 10:15pm

Moved
Moved from Megachile pugnata.
… John S. Ascher, 14 December, 2009 - 11:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 8 November, 2009 - 10:11pm login or register to post comments

Megachile pugnata
male
… John S. Ascher, 8 November, 2009 - 10:10pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies.
… Ilona L., 25 June, 2007 - 9:09pm login or register to post comments

Male.
Appears this is a 'male' Megachile, most species of which have blunt abdomens in that gender.
… Eric R. Eaton, 25 June, 2007 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

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