Medium-sized, robust bee, with a hairy, yellowish-brown, and white appearance.

Woolly Wall Bee
(Megachile lanata)

on

Showy rattlebox leaves
(Showy Rattlebox)

Bonita Nature Place
Bonita Springs, Florida
11-6-25

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We’ve got baby Megachile! 🐝💚 Tiny leafcutter bees are busy building their leafy cradles – nature’s little architects at work. #Pollinators #LeafcutterBees #Biodiversity @sarelab.bsky.social

Love seeing evidence of leaf cutter bees hard at work in the garden #leafcutterbees

A bee is in the centre of a bright yellow gumweed flower, collecting pollen. Her face is in shadow but her abdomen is pointed almost 90 degrees up from the rest of her body, with stripes of pale hair catching the sunlight

Bee season is waning

Leafcutter lady/ Megachile fidelis on Grindelia doing the patented BBL (bee butt lift)

She’s putting that wasp waist to good use

#dailybee #bcnativebees #leafcutterbees #nativebees #nanaimo #vancouverisland #pollinators

These ladies never seem to catch a break

Female Leafcutter ambushed by male Leafcutter hoping to create some
baby Leafcutters

Megachile on Helianthus maximilliani

#dailybee #bcnativebees #pollinators #nativebees #leafcutterbees #nanaimo #urbangardening

Native #bees of - various kinds of #BumbleBees #LeafcutterBees etc love the several species of Saussurea /Sawwort that I've grown (like they love most #Composites) here they are enjoying Saussurea riederi, an East Asian species #BugSky #inverts #FlowerReport #Alberta 🌱🌿🐝

A light purple aster blossom is in the foreground; just about to pass behind it is a stocky dark bee with fluffy white body fur and orange pollen carrying hairs on her underbelly. She appears to be looking right at the camera with a large matte black eye

Late summer is Megachile time

My fave charismatic chunky-fauna are these leafcutters

#dailybee #bcnativebees #megachile #leafcutterbees #douglasaster

Never a dull moment at the nursery. The geometry blew us away today! #leafcutterbees #nativepollinators 🌿🌰

What a beautiful bee the female of Megachile pugnata Say is. #bees #leafcutterbees #Hymenoptera #beesofcanada

Mexican hat plant also known as prairie coneflower. Central green cone surrounded by 5 yellow-tipped deep red petals

White persicaria blossom being visited by a hornet mimic hoverfly

Leaf cutter bees have left interesting shapes on epimedium leaves

Large sunflower bloom, burnt orange centre, petals are graduated in colour, orange tipped and burnt orange where they meet the centre.

Gardening day, but I still take the time to admire the seasonal blooms. Spot the hornet mimic hoverfly and the Mexican Hat Plant grown from seed. #LoveMyGarden #Nature #garden #SummerUK #Insects #Sunflower #MexicanHatPlant
#LeafCutterBees

Gwesty gwenyn ag un twll wedi’i lenwi gan ddail-wenynen Bee hotel with one hole filled by a leaf-cutter bee

Dail ar goeden pisgwydden dail bach, a hanner cylchoedd wedi eu torri allan gan ddail-wenyn Leaves on small leaved lime tree, with half circles cut out by leaf-cutter bees

Wedi bod yn poeni fod y dail-wenyn wedi troi cefn at yr ardd acw, ond maen nhw’n ôl!
#gwenyn #leafcutterbees #gardd

Dark grey-black leafcutter bee on yellow flower. Ray flowers on the outside are yellow, disk flowers are yellow and red

Leafcutter bee on a flower #SundayYellow #bees #leafcutterbees

Little Leaf cutter bee (Megachile sp.) foraging White Wild Indigo (Baptisia alba).

Milwaukee, WI

#leafcutterbees #beesofbluesky #MilwaukeeWildlife #Macrophotography

Having lost all my masonry bees to the woodpeckers, it's great to see the leaf cutters using the house. Hopefully, some of them will survive #bees #leafcutterbees #insects #wildlifegarden #ukbees

Leafcutter bee activity on Eastern Redbud saplings. There are circular cut outs on the edges of the leaves that resemble large hole punch cutouts. nativebees wildlifegarden pollinators

Some leafcutter bee activity on Eastern Redbud saplings. Looks like someone used a hole punch! They roll up pieces of leaves to line their nests. Nests are built in cavities found in rotten wood, hollow stems of plants, or holes in solid wood. Fascinating little pollinators! #leafcutterbees

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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# 122 contd.
Research during the 1970’s found that #leafcutterbees nesting in plastic straws resulted in a mortality rate of 90% for offspring.
#plastic isn’t breathable, seals in moisture and promotes fungal growth.
#bees
#nature
#insects
🌍🐝

#theBeeAt3

Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

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Plastic has become so ubiquitous in the planet’s #environment that #leafcutterbees have been observed using discarded #plastic instead of leaves in the construction of their nests.
This is not positive evolution.
#bees
#nature
#science
🐝🌍

Native Bees: The Best Pollinators for Your Garden Learn about native bee species, such as mason bees, who are some of the best pollinators around.

Native Bees: The Best #Pollinators for Your #Garden

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#SolitaryBees #MasonBees #LeafcutterBees #Bees #Gardening

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"Nine out of every 10 #bees are not what you think. Here is a fascinating guide to #SolitaryBees including a list of eight lesser-known facts."

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#MasonBees #LeafcutterBees

Tips for Building Bee Houses for Native Solitary Bees Learn how to maintain a backyard bee house (bee hotel) for native, solitary bees—like mason bees—which can improve your garden's crop and flower yields significantly.

Tips for Building #Bee Houses for Native #SolitaryBees | Old Farmers' Almanac

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#MasonBees #LeafcutterBees #DIY

The Solitary Bees — No Hives!

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#Bees #SolitaryBees #MasonBees #LeafcutterBees #Pollinators #Gardening

What is a Solitary #Bee?
Learn about #MasonBees and #LeafcutterBees! Great bees for your garden!

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#bees #SolitaryBees #MasonBees

Western leafcutter bee
on perennial cornflower

(Megachile perihirta
on Centaurea montana)

September visiting Eureka, California

#stunday #macro #photography #nativeBees #pollinators #native #bees #wildflowers #flowers #pnw #megachile #leafcutterBees

Another two solitary bees have emerged from the emergence tray. Not checked the big emergence box 😀 🐝🐝🐝🐝

#solitarybees #bees #masonbees #leafcutterbees

Though they are not unexpected, it is nice to confirm the presence of Megachile casadae and Megachile anograe from Saskatchewan - both known from Alberta. #beesofcanada #leafcutterbees #prairiebees

Photo showing discs cut out of the leaves of Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant). The disc-shaped holes in the leaves were made by bees in the genus Megachile (leafcutter bees).

I have friends who want to see perfect plants. I'm overjoyed when I see this type of "damage". This plant is Physostegia virginiana (obedient plant) and the neat cutouts are made by #bees in the genus Megachile (leafcutter bees).

#gardens #gardening #insects #pollinators #LeafcutterBees #nature

I love this photo, and was lucky to find a male Megachile perihirta sleeping in a flower of a very similar colour. The bee and the flower are very beautiful! #flowers #beesofcanada #flowerpower #colours #sleepingbees #leafcutterbees #macrophotography #photography

Leafcutter bee / butterfly milkweed (Megachilidae)

July in Chicago

#Megachilidae #leafcutter #leafcutterbees #bees #milkweed #gardens #gardening #westRidge #westRidgeNaturePark #chicago #macro #photography #orange #bugs #insects #arthropods #nature #pollinators #macroPhotography 🐝