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bee - Megachile pugnata - male
Copyright © 2009 Ilona L.

bee - Megachile pugnata - Male
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
August 9, 2008
Bee photographed on purple coneflower - Echinacea purpurea.

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bee - Megachile pugnata - male bee - Megachile pugnata - male bee - Megachile pugnata - male
Contributed by Ilona L. on 29 December, 2009 - 10:18am
Last updated 11 December, 2010 - 9:45pm

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 1 January, 2010 - 1:59pm

Megachile pugnata pugata
male

please post to ID request, not to Hymenoptera
… John S. Ascher, 1 January, 2010 - 1:58pm

 
posting
I wasn't quite sure where to post these photos. I'll post to ID request next time. Thanks for all the IDs.
… Ilona L., 1 January, 2010 - 3:42pm

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