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Megachile pugnata, m, left side, Hardy Co., WV
Megachile pugnata, m, left side, Hardy Co., WV
Some rather bad pictures of M. pugnata males. Not sure why I selected this specimen. Terrible hair. But, anyway check out the large expanded front tarsi. Will have to get additional specimens. Collected in WV by Dave Smith who had fabulous numbers of specimens in malaise samples. Still going through them after 10 years.
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