Megachile pugnata

Megachile pugnata is a species of North American bee in the family Megachilidae.^[1] It was described by Thomas Say in 1837.^[1]

Megachile pugnata
Megachile pugnata pugnata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Megachilidae
Genus:	Megachile
Species:	M. pugnata
Binomial name
Megachile pugnata Say, 1837

Females are 12–18 mm in length while male are somewhat smaller: 11–13 mm. The adults are active from June to September.^[2]

Females of this species are oligolectic on the pollen of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae, and commonly visit ironweeds (e.g. Vernonia fasciculata) for nectar.^[3]