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Female on Lathyrus. Menina planina, July 2006 (above and below).

 

Megachile willughbiella (Kirby, 1802)

 

 

European species, widely distributed in Slovenia.

Polylectic species. Nests in decaying wood, where it excavates burrows, or in pre-existing cavities. Cells are made of scraps of leaves.

Partly bivoltine. Flies from June to September.

 

 

Razširjenost vrste v Sloveniji.

Zelo razširjena vrsta, pogosta v goratih predelih.

 

 

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Andrej Gogala: Bee fauna of Slovenia