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Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee

Megachile pugnata

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Ontario.January 27, February 27, March 43, April 85, May 162, June 76, July 57, August 52, September 54, October 45, November 28, December 25.
United States3,409
Canada1,180
Ontario681
New York474
Michigan391
Utah295
Virginia170
California160
Maryland158
Manitoba133

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyMason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees · Megachilidae
GenusLeafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees · Megachile

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