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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

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:

comments (2)

Ferdy Christant

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Absolutely love that video, they are so insanely fast. Posted 5 years ago
1. Philip Booker
  
  Lion
  
  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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The Patchwork Leafcutter Bee

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

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants

Species identified by Philip Booker

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.

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Captured in the summer. More summer photos.