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Megachile

noun
1.
Type genus of the Megachilidae: leaf-cutting bees.  Synonym: genus Megachile.





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"Megachile" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Burnt Zonitis (Z. proeusta (Cf. "The Glow-worm and Other Beetles": chapter 6.—Translator's Note.)). Amply nourished this Meloe then acquires her normal size, the size in which she usually figures in the collections. A like prosperity awaits her when she usurps the provisions of Megachile sericans. (For this Bee, the Silky Leaf-cutter, cf. "Bramble-bees and Others": chapter 8.—Translator's Note.) But the imprudent creature sometimes allows itself to be carried away to the meagre table of the smallest of our Anthidia (A. scapulare, LATR. (A Cotton-bee, cf. idem: chapter ...
— More Hunting Wasps • J. Henri Fabre


Words linked to "Megachile" :   leaf-cutting bee, leaf-cutter bee, arthropod genus, leaf-cutter, family Megachilidae, Megachilidae


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