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Female on Knautia. Lipnik, Zazid, Kraški rob, June 2006.

 

Megachile octosignata Nylander, 1852

 

 

North Mediterranean species. In the sub-Mediterranean and sub-Pannonian regions of Slovenia.

Polylectic species (pers. obs.). Nests in crevices between stones. Cells are made of scraps of leaves.

Univoltine. Flies from June to September.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Redka vrsta, najpogostejša na Krasu in Kraškem robu.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia