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:
Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
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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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