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bee - Megachile pugnata - female
Copyright © 2010 Molly Jacobson

bee - Megachile pugnata - Female
Beaver Brook Association, Hollis, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, USA
August 2, 2010

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bee - Megachile pugnata - female bee - Megachile pugnata - female
Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 13 August, 2010 - 10:09am
Last updated 15 August, 2010 - 8:44am

Moved
Moved from Leaf-cutting and Resin Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 14 August, 2010 - 6:05pm

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps.
… John S. Ascher, 14 August, 2010 - 5:27pm

Megachile
female

my best guess is M. pugnata pugnata
… John S. Ascher, 14 August, 2010 - 5:26pm

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