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fredarock2.bsky.social
Right on the dot.

Leaf cutter bee on cosmos. Spreading more cosmos seeds for next yr's blooms since there are not many cosmos in my garden anymore.

#leafcutterbee #pollinator
#cosmosflower #deeppinkflower
#mygarden
A lean black leaf cutter bee with yellow stripes collecting yellow pollen in the center of a deep pink cosmos in my garden.
October 8, 2026 at 7:33 PM
peterwelsh.bsky.social
A Leaf Cutter Bee hard at work.
#parkdaleurbanwildliferefuge #leafcutterbee
August 25, 2026 at 3:10 AM
peterwelsh.bsky.social
A Leaf Cutter Bee hard at work.
#parkdaleurbanwildliferefuge #leafcutterbee
August 25, 2026 at 3:08 AM
peterwelsh.bsky.social
A Leaf Cutter Bee hard at work.
#parkdaleurbanwildliferefuge #leafcutterbee
August 25, 2026 at 2:53 AM
peterwelsh.bsky.social
A Leaf Cutter Bee hard at work.
#parkdaleurbanwildliferefuge #leafcutterbee
August 25, 2026 at 2:52 AM
thebeeguy.bsky.social
#theBeeAt3
Basic bee facts every day at 3pm.

# 24

Pollination is the act of transferring pollen grains from the male anther of a flower to the female stigma.

Pollinators are animals that facilitate this transfer.

Bees are kick-ass #pollinators.

#bees #nature
#leafcutterbee
#science #education
August 16, 2026 at 10:20 PM
alfonz31.bsky.social
I had another leafcutter bee on my flowers. This time it was a broad-handed leafcutter bee. I’m not sure why the eyes were yellow but I have multiple angles and they are yellow in all of them.

#photography #macrophotography #bee #leafcutterbee
August 16, 2026 at 12:09 AM
gregsmith.au
A species of leafcutter bee, Megachile maculariformis.

#macrophotography #naturephotography #macro #nature #insect #bee #leafcutterbee #australianbee #auswildlife #insectsofaustralia
A species of leafcutter bee, Megachile maculariformis, gathering nectar from a yellow flower, with its abdomen up in the air.
March 27, 2025 at 9:49 PM
notcatlady.bsky.social
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
April 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
ormejks.bsky.social
Swanky forelegs:

www.blipfoto.com/entry/338354...

#insects #invertebrates #bee #SolitaryBee #LeafcutterBee #WillughbysLeafcutterBee #MegachileWillughbiella #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders #30DaysWild
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.
June 22, 2025 at 8:48 PM
ormejks.bsky.social
Patchwork:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/337850...

#insects #invertebrates #bee #SolitaryBee #LeafcutterBee #PatchworkLeafcutterBee #MegachileCentuncularis #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #NatureWriting #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings #SmallWonders #30DaysWild
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.
June 8, 2025 at 10:30 PM
ormejks.bsky.social
Fool me twice:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/326835...
#insects #bee #SolitaryBee #LeafcutterBee #PatchworkLeafcutterBee #MegachileCentuncularis #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings
August 8, 2024 at 11:49 PM
ormejks.bsky.social
Leafcutter:
www.blipfoto.com/entry/326489...
#insects #bee #SolitaryBee #LeafcutterBee #MegachileLigniseca #GardenWildlife #UKWildlife #NaturePhotography #MacroPhotography #StingsNWings
July 30, 2024 at 9:51 AM
elfndragon.bsky.social
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
August 15, 2025 at 12:19 AM
benjyhere.bsky.social
'tis the season for clearing leaves out of the pond and sometimes a glimpse of summer comes out too. #LeafCutterBee
November 10, 2023 at 2:13 PM
figureoutthesea.ca
A leaf cutter bee, sitting on a coneflower and cleaning her fuzzy face. Incidentally, check out her chompers, excellent for cutting and pulping vegetable matter
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#vancouver #leafcutterbee
A leaf cutter bee on a coneflower, running its front legs all over its face A leaf cutter bee on a coneflower, running its antennae through its mandibles A leaf cutter bee on a coneflower, running its front legs all over its face A leaf cutter bee on a coneflower, with leaf-cutting mandibles spread
September 12, 2023 at 6:12 AM
nicolewalker.bsky.social
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
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
May 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
richardhalftwo.bsky.social
And the 1st Patchwork Leafcutter Bee!
#leafcutterbee
June 4, 2025 at 11:27 AM
wqfphoto.bsky.social
The Internet said that this is a Leafcutter Bee. #bloomscrolling #bee #leafcutterbee #insect #aurora #auroraarboretum
A Leafcutter Bee pollinates a yellow flower
August 15, 2025 at 8:56 PM
rohanrising.bsky.social
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
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.
September 28, 2025 at 4:16 AM
ravivanes.bsky.social
Leaf cutter bee as found the beehotel, never seen it before.
#bee #bees #leafcutterbee #beehotel #wildlife #wildlifegarden #nature #bij #bijen #behangersbij #bijenhotel #natuur #natuurtuin #tuin
May 30, 2026 at 10:56 AM