Description78-Indian-Insect-Life - Harold Maxwell-Lefroy - Megachile-anthracina.jpg
English: Megachile Anthracina. The Black Leaf-cutting Bee.
Fig 1. Part of a series of leaf-cells taken from a hollow branch. Fig 2. A single cell opened to show tlie larva feeding on the pollen-mass. Fig 3. Full-grown larva. Fig 4. Cocoon, after the leaf covering is stripped ofif. Fig 5. Cocoon, after emergence of the bee. Fig 6. Imago, female. Fig 7. Leaf of Pigeon pea (Cajanus indicus) from which an oval side-piece (above) and a round end-piece for the cell have been cut. Fig 8. Complete series of eight cells in a tunnel in a branch ; two of last year's cocoons, without leaf covering, are shown beside. Fig 10. Imago, male.
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Čeština: Vyobrazení z knihy Indian Insect Life: a Manual of the Insects of the Plains od Harolda Maxwell-Lefroye.
English: Picture from book Indian Insect Life: a Manual of the Insects of the Plains by Harold Maxwell-Lefroy.
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