Leaf cutter bees

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Leaf cutter bees

Post by johnd83 » Sun Aug 09, 2020 10:17 am

Morning all,

I was sat in my garden this morning with my coffee and I noticed a few little bees landing on my flowers. As I watched them I was them ripping little bits of petals off and flying away with them. Would leaf cutter bees do this as I thought it would be leaves they were after not the petals. Lovely to watch though.
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Re: Leaf cutter bees

Post by Jacksparrow » Sun Aug 09, 2020 8:30 pm

I have no idea on this one. Perhaps you can provide one of your stunning photos to show what the flying insects actually look like.
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Re: Leaf cutter bees

Post by johnd83 » Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:28 pm

https://share.icloud.com/photos/0_m7pMq ... OEfmYI1jYw
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Re: Leaf cutter bees

Post by johnd83 » Wed Aug 12, 2020 6:33 pm

Here is a little video of one hard as work.
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Re: Leaf cutter bees

Post by Willpar » Thu Aug 13, 2020 8:27 am

Great video John.
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