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Female on Centaurea. Trstelj, Kras, August 2002.

 

Megachile pilicrus Morawitz, 1878

 

 

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

Oligolectic, specialized on Asteraceae (e.g. Centaurea). Nests in hollow plant stems.

Univoltine. Flies from July to September.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Pogosta na nekaterih kraških hribih, denimo na Trstelju.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia