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Leaf Cutter Bee on New England Aster
Certainly not a rare insect but not one that I regularly see around the wildlife gardens. Although I see their cut leaf handiwork everywhere.
#pollinators #leafcutterbee
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A graphite drawing of a European honeybee perched on/in a small flower, rendered in detailed but monochrome shading
Two graphite drawings of leafcutter bees of the Mephiles genus. The one on the left is in the act of cutting a section of leaf, while the one on the right is carrying a bitten-off piece of leaf. Both are rendered in detailed monochrome shading.
Some more bees! I'll be back to birds soon, but feel free to drop any ideas for other little critters that might look good in greyscale shading in the meantime!
#art #traditionalart #drawing #pencildrawing #natureart #beedrawing #bees #honeybee #leafcutterbee
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A busy leafcutting bee hard at work acquiring raw materials for its humble abode.
Despite making mincemeat out of your plants, selectively, they are considered good for your garden because of the invaluable help they provide with pollination.
🐝
#bee #leafcutterbee #pollinator
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A Leafcutter Bee pollinates a yellow flower
The Internet said that this is a Leafcutter Bee. #bloomscrolling #bee #leafcutterbee #insect #aurora #auroraarboretum
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A butterflyweed (milkweed) in bloom and a leaf cutter bee visitor that I almost caught in focus (but it saw me first and bombed right on out of there!)
#butterflyweed #milkweed #leafcutterbee #getoutside #becurious #natureiscool
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Pugnacious Leaf Cutter Bee on Oxeye False Sunflower, Northern Illinois
#insects #macrophotography #insectphotography #bees #hymenoptera #megachile #leafcutterbee #photography #nativebees #naturephotography #pollinators
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I’d love to share pictures of my blooming flowers but something ate all the petals. I’m not naming names but 👇
#photography #leafcutterbee #macrophotography #echinacea
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This male Megachile inermis Provancher is staying put for the night, so it allowed me to get a few more photos #beesofcanada #bees #leafcutterbee #macrophotography
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This male Megachile inermis Provancher has been busy patrolling our raspberry flowers, and knocking other bees out of the way. #beesofcanada #leafcutterbee #macrophotograpy
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A dark black bee is in mid-flight and lit from behind. She has orange pollen packed into the bottom of her abdomen and all over her face and legs. Her back two legs dangle down beneath her as she flies and her tiny claws are clearly visible in silhouette.
Her little dangly legs!! The teeny tiny feets! Her huge anime eyes…
Other insects are amazing looking but bees just smash the competition when it comes to adorability
Leaf cutter/Megachile travelling between flowers
#dailybee #bcnativebees #megachile #leafcutterbee #nativebees #pollinators
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A dark bee is sitting atop a purple and orange aster flower, with her front half in sun and her back in shade. She has masses of bright orange pollen all over her, not only in her specialized belly hairs but also covering all of her legs, her thorax, and her face. She appears to be drinking some nectar and has one large glossy black eye facing the camera.
Leaf cutter lady - charismatic megafauna of the micro world
On Douglas aster/Symphyotrichum subspicatum getting all pollened up
#megachile #bcnativebees #dailybee #nativeplants #bcnativeplants #pnwnativeplants #leafcutterbee #pollenbee #Symphyotrichum #douglasaster
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Head-on view of a bee poking his head out from the middle of a yellow flower. His forelegs are propped on the edge of a petal pushing his face toward the camera. From this perspective he’s mostly head: big blueish grey eyes, an enormous blonde toothbrush moustache & antennae.
Summer 2024 leaf cutter boy/Megamale
Megachile in Grindelia, early in the morning when he’s a bit too chilly to fly away when I get close
#dailybee #bcnativebees #megachile #leafcutterbee #megachilemale #gindelia #gumweed #nativeplants #bcnativeplants
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A leafcutter bee cuts leaves. It's right there in the name. Straightforward stuff. I like it.
https://lone.earth/w/wou8nuW6hYBf1eY5emL7hS
#bee #bees #LeafCutterBee #hymenoptera #insect
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Close up of a bee perched atop a cluster of small white yarrow flowers. He is grey, and covered with blonde fluffy fur including a spectacular toothbrush moustache. His larger blueish grey eye is in focus, as well as two of his three simple eyes on top of his head.
I freaking love this moustached, goofy ass looking bee
Leafcutter/Megachile male on yarrow/Achillea millefolium
Super bossy & territorial, I watch them fly around & around an area peeking into every flower & knocking any intruders right out
#dailybee #bcnativebees #megachile #leafcutterbee
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This is a short clip of the #leafcutterbee taken on my phone from one of her visits. #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife #insect #solitarybee #invertebrates #wildlifefrommywindow
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A photo of a dark bee with light coloured hairs cutting almost a complete circle out of a leaf edge. It's cut round almost all lthe circumference and is upside down as it snips through the rest. It's clasping the leaf it's already cut out, curled up between its legs getting ready to fly away.
In all my years I've never seen a #leafcutterbee in action, until today. This ♀️ Brown-footed Leafcutter #bee was taking chunks out of an Evening Primrose, I'm so happy to have seen it! #wildlifefrommywindow #gardenwildlife #ukwildlife #insects #invertebrates
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Peek-a-boo
Are you the one destroying my echinacea petals? Leafcutter bee spotted on my flowers today.
#photography #bee #leafcutterbee #macrophotography #macro
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This lovely lady (Megachile sp presumably!) was being buffeted by the strong wind earlier this week, carrying her piece of leaf, so she landed for a rest! Shropshire #Hymenoptera #LeafCutterBee
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A male Willughby's Leafcutter Bee feeds from a pink perennial pea flower. He is a medium-sized, chunky solitary bee, with a broad head, a brownish hair pile on his dark thorax, and a black abdomen with pale hair fringes between the segments. All his legs have pale hair fringing, and the forelegs are especially noticeable because the tarsi are white and expanded. He has a pale face and white hair fringing under his chin and along the sides of his thorax. His abdomen ends in two small points with a 'v' shaped notch between them.
A male Willughby's Leafcutter Bee stands on a pink perennial pea flower, just before flying away. He is a medium-sized, chunky solitary bee, with a broad head, a brownish hair pile on his dark thorax, and a black abdomen with pale hair fringes between the segments. All his legs have pale hair fringing, and the forelegs are especially noticeable because the tarsi are white and expanded. He has white hair on his face, under his chin and along the sides of his thorax. His abdomen ends in two small points with a 'v' shaped notch between them.
Swanky forelegs:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/338354...
#insects #invertebrates #bee #SolitaryBee #LeafcutterBee #WillughbysLeafcutterBee #MegachileWillughbiella #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders #30DaysWild
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Leafcutter bee. So cute.
#leafcutterbee #bee
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Female Megachile centuncularis bee enjoying a Cat's Ear in my wildflower meadow 31/05/25 #solitarybee #bee #leafcutterbee #Staffs
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A male Patchwork Leafcutter Bee feeding on a bramble flower. He's a smallish solitary bee, with a wing length of about 8mm. He's mainly black, but his thorax is covered with thick tawny hair, as is his face, and each abdominal segment has a fringe of tawny hair.
Patchwork:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/337850...
#insects #invertebrates #bee #SolitaryBee #LeafcutterBee #PatchworkLeafcutterBee #MegachileCentuncularis #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders #30DaysWild
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Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee (Megachile ligniseca, male) in my garden, Leeds UK. May 2025.
I took this photo with my iPhone 7+
#woodcarvingleafcutterbee #Megachileligniseca #solitarybees #ukbees #leafcutterbee #beesseenin2025
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Leaf Cutter Bee on top of fuzzy brown blanket photograph taken by Nicole Walker
Leaf Cutter Bee on top of fuzzy brown blanket photograph taken by Nicole Walker
Leaf Cutter Bee climbed on hand of Nicole on top of fuzzy brown blanket. Bee had hit the windows head first and landed in Nicole’s lap a little stunned. photograph taken by Nicole Walker
Leaf Cutter Bee climbed on hand of Nicole on top of fuzzy brown blanket. Bee had hit the windows head first and landed in Nicole’s lap a little stunned. Bee flew away once it recovered. photograph taken by Nicole Walker
Poor little Leaf Cutter Bee hit the window head first and landed in my lap a little stunned. He took my hand when I offered it 🥰 #bees #leafcutterbee
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A newly hatched Wood-carving Leafcutter Bee (Megachile ligniseca, male) in my garden, Leeds UK. May 2025.
#woodcarvingleafcutterbee #Megachileligniseca #solitarybees #ukbees #leafcutterbee #beesseenin2025
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Female Megachile centuncularis bee seen in the garden of a friend in #Warwickshire 18/05/25 #solitarybee #bee #Megachile #leafcutterbee
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Check out who took residence in my BEE plant! This is my first spring with my #CaliforniaNativePlants and I am already considering it a great success. The bee plant stalk may die back, but the whole point is to create a habitat, and I can confidently say I have done that!
#LeafCutterBee #BeePlant
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