PREMAPHOTOS / Silver leafcutter bee (Megachile dorsalis / leachella) female foraging on Restharrow flower, UK
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PREMAPHOTOS / Silver leafcutter bee male on sand dune grass. UK {Megachile leachella}
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Andy Sands / Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella), male, resting on empty snail shell among sand dunes. Cornwall, England, UK. July.
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Andy Sands / Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella), female, resting and carrying cut leaf section. Cornwall, England, UK. July.
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Andy Sands / Ruby-tailed wasp (Chrysis ignita) curled up in defensive posture after being dragged from Silver leaf cutter bee (Megachile leachella) nest tunnel in sand dunes. Cornwall, England, UK. May. Focus...
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Nick Upton / Female Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) flying to its burrow in coastal dunes with circle of leaf it has cut to line its nest cells with, Dorset, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Female Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) entering its burrow in coastal dunes with circle of leaf it has cut to line its nest cells with, Dorset, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Female Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) returning to her burrow in coastal dunes with mass of pollen attached to the hairs under her abdomen to stick her brood cells with, Dorset, UK. July...
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Nick Upton / Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) excavating its burrow in coastal dunes, raking and kicking sand away with its legs, Dorset, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Female Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) emerging from her burrow in coastal dunes, Dorset, UK. July.
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Nick Upton / Silvery leafcutter bee (Megachile leachella) visiting a Sea bindweed (Calystegia soldanella) flower on coastal dunes, it's typical habitat, Dorset, UK, June.