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Terry Thormin | profile | all galleries >> Insects and spiders of Alberta >> Wasps, Bees and Ants - Hymenoptera >> Leaf-cutter Bees - Megachilidae tree view | thumbnails | slideshow

Leaf-cutter Bees - Megachilidae

Leaf-cutter Bee - Coelioxys sp.jpg
Leaf-cutter Bee - Coelioxys sp.jpg		 Coelioxys sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee 6a.JPG
Coelioxys sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee 6a.JPG		 Megachile sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee A1.jpg
Megachile sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee A1.jpg		 Leaf-cutter Bee - Megachile sp. 1Bee F1.JPG
Leaf-cutter Bee - Megachile sp. 1Bee F1.JPG
Megachile sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee C1a.JPG
Megachile sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee C1a.JPG		 Megachile sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee A1.jpg
Megachile sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee A1.jpg		 Megachile sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee male A1.JPG
Megachile sp. - Leaf-cutter Bee male A1.JPG

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Lee Bowser 04-Jul-2009 04:30
I just found out about leaf cutter bees today. I was trying to use my pressure washer and could not get it to work. I started taking things apart and when I disconnected the supply hose I got a handful of green leaves on the wire mesh filter. They had the machine completely stopped up. At first I thought that there was some sort of plant growing in our garden hose. Later while talking to a friend I told the story and he said " you've got a leaf cutter bee". We are in central Arkansas and I had never heard of such. We do have carpenter bees and we see their work all the time. Moral of the story...Keep a cap of some sort on your garden hose when not in use.
Lee Bowser 04-Jul-2009 04:28
I just found out about leaf cutter bees today. I was trying to use my pressure washer and could not get it to work. I started taking things apart and when I disconnected the supply hose I got a handful of green leaves on the wire mesh filter. They had the machine completely stopped up. At first I thought that there was some sort of plant growing in our garden hose. Later while talking to a friend I tole the story and he said " you've got a leaf cutter bee". We are in central Arkansas and I had never heard of such. We do have carpenter bees and we see their work all the time. Moral of the story...Keep a cap of some sort on your garden hose when not in use.
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