Tag: Megachile pugnata

• Pugnacious leafcutter bee (Megachile pugnata)

  Megachilidae > Megachile > Megachile pugnata Pugnacious leafcutter bee (Megachile pugnata) is a sunflower bee through and through. This distinctive, large megachilid is common in summer on composite asters in gardens, backyards, and agricultural fields. The female has a particularly large head with a spikey genal tooth on the cheek (like Halictus ligatus/poeyi), which sets…

  Bee Watching

  January 12, 2023

  Megachile, Specialists, Species Page, Summer Bees

  asters, backyard bee, cosmos, garden, Megachile, Megachile pugnata, summer, sunflowers