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Male on Eryngium amethystinum. Golec,
Lukovec, Kras, August 2006 (above and below). |
Megachile lagopoda (Linnaeus, 1761) Palaearctic species. In the sub-Mediterranean, pre-Alpine and
Alpine regions of Slovenia. Polylectic species, visits mainly Asteraceae (Westrich 1990).
Pers. obs.: Lamiaceae, Dipsacaceae, Fabaceae. Nests in the ground, in burrows
excavated by itself or in pre-existing cavities. Univoltine. Flies from July to September. |
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Male on Echinops
ritro. Kavčič, Rakitovec, Istra, August 2010. |
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Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji. V zahodni Sloveniji je zelo razširjena. |
Andrej
Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia