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Female on Allium ericetorum. Jarški prod, Sava river, Ljubljana, September 1998.

 

Megachile versicolor Smith, 1844

 

 

European species. Widely distributed in Slovenia.

Polylectic species. Nests in various pre-existing cavities. Cells are made of scraps of leaves.

Partly bivoltine. Flies from May to September.

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena, a nikjer pogosta vrsta.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia