Megachile rotundata
L’ape tagliatrice di foglie ![🐝](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1f/1/16/1f41d.png)
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Megachile rotundata è un’ape solitaria della famiglia Megachilidae, che comprende api chiamate tappezziere e muratrici, perché costruiscono i loro nidi in cavità di fortuna: sottoterra, nelle fessure delle rocce, nelle canne, nei fusti cavi e persino nelle conchiglie
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La femmina di Megachile rotundata utilizza le sue robuste mandibole per tagliare pezzi di foglie ![✂️](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/tb0/1/16/2702.png)
e petali che utilizza per costruire le cellette nelle quali depone le uova.
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È un’abile impollinatrice ![🐝](https://static.xx.fbcdn.net/images/emoji.php/v9/t1f/1/16/1f41d.png)
di erba medica, carote, altre verdure e alcuni frutti.
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Megachile rotundata è stata introdotta come impollinatore e allevato in molte parti del mondo per aiutare gli agricoltori
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Foto Graham Wise from Brisbane, Australia, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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