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  3. Arthropods
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  5. Hymenopterans
  6. Mason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees
  7. Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees
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  9. Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee

species 3,160 observations

Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee

Megachile pugnata

Status
native
Pollen
Specialist on Erigeron, Cirsium, Helianthus, Rudbeckia, Grindelia and Coreopsis
Where
In the US
Source
iNaturalist

Field notes

Supported by All

377 native plants
support it in the US
  • Pollen hosts Plants whose pollen its young are raised on Horseweed, Black-eyed Susan, Annual Fleabane, Common Sunflower 210
  • Nectar plants Plants whose flowers it visits Purple Coneflower, Great Blanketflower, False Sunflower, Spreading Dogbane 167

Range

United States

Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided

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