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Megachile centuncularis

Megachile centuncularis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

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Megachile centuncularis

Megachile centuncularis

(Linnaeus, 1758)

Foraging specialisation

polylectic

Asteraceae, Dipsacaceae, Fabaceae and Hypericaceae

Pollen available

Yes

Flight period

V-X

Body length male (mm)

11-12

Lifestyle

Nesting takes place above and underground. Nests are built in pre-existing cavities in dead wood, walls and other vertical structures, as well as in hollow plant stems that fit their body size. Dwellers of nesting boxes with similar characteristics. Nests are ocasionally also found in the ground and under rocks. Brood cell partitions and terminal plug are made of pieces of cut leaves.

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Species

Megachile centuncularis

Foraging specialisation

polylectic

Asteraceae, Dipsacaceae, Fabaceae and Hypericaceae

Pollen available

Yes

Flight period

V-X

Body length female (mm)

11-12

Body length male (mm)

11-12

Lifestyle

Nesting takes place above and underground. Nests are built in pre-existing cavities in dead wood, walls and other vertical structures, as well as in hollow plant stems that fit their body size. Dwellers of nesting boxes with similar characteristics. Nests are ocasionally also found in the ground and under rocks. Brood cell partitions and terminal plug are made of pieces of cut leaves.

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