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Female on a Brassicaceae species. Dol pri Ljubljani, June 2009.	Megachile centuncularis (Linnaeus, 1758) Holarctic species, widely distributed in Slovenia. Polylectic species, visits mainly Asteraceae. Nests in various pre-existing cavities. Cells are made of scraps of leaves. Partly bivoltine. Flies from June to October.
Female on Telekia speciosa. Lukovica pri Brezovici, Ljubljansko barje, June 1989.
Leafcutter bees like Megachile centuncularis cut plant leaves, which are used for cell walls in the nests.
	Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. Zelo razširjena vrsta.

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia