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Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile_centuncularis) Having relocated several Bee Hotels to a different aspect on the walls of my house earlier this year, I was delighted not long afterwards to catch sight of a Leaf-cutter Bee decimating one of my plants in order to prepare to move into one of the said hotels.<br />
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I was able to catch her remarkable technique on film: <section class="video"><iframe width="448" height="282" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/-n62XyfEy1Q?hd=1&autoplay=0&rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe></section> Geotagged,Megachile centuncularis,Summer,United Kingdom Click/tap to enlarge PromotedCountry intro

Patchwork Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachile_centuncularis)

Having relocated several Bee Hotels to a different aspect on the walls of my house earlier this year, I was delighted not long afterwards to catch sight of a Leaf-cutter Bee decimating one of my plants in order to prepare to move into one of the said hotels.

I was able to catch her remarkable technique on film:

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  1. Absolutely love that video, they are so insanely fast. Posted 5 years ago
    1. And so precise.

      Then shew drops to the ground but like an ace fighter pilot, pulls out of the dive in time to fly off.
      Posted 5 years ago

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A bee belonging to the family Megachilidae, known as mason bees or the leafcutter bees.

Species identified by Philip Booker
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By Philip Booker

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Uploaded Oct 6, 2020. Captured Aug 12, 2020 14:41 in 67 Crespin Way, Brighton BN1 7FG, UK.
  • DSC-RX10M4
  • f/4.0
  • 1/640s
  • ISO250
  • 139.53mm