Hannah Stothard » bees http://www.hannahstothard.co.uk Sat, 26 Nov 2011 23:47:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Leaf Cutting Bee Cocoons… or so I think?? http://www.hannahstothard.co.uk/allotment/leaf-cutting-bee-cocoons-or-so-i-think/ http://www.hannahstothard.co.uk/allotment/leaf-cutting-bee-cocoons-or-so-i-think/#comments Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:24:24 +0000 Hannah http://www.hannahstothard.co.uk/?p=232 I started to repot my tomato plants and as I tipped out the compost these little fellows fell out. They are intricately formed bullet shaped cocoons with perfectly cut rose leaves to seal the ends. Inside there is a clear…

]]> I started to repot my tomato plants and as I tipped out the compost these little fellows fell out. They are intricately formed bullet shaped cocoons with perfectly cut rose leaves to seal the ends. Inside there is a clear looking wet grub. After a quick google I found that these cocoons are most likely to belong to a Leaf Cutting Bee.



See more info here:

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080710153242AAXU4Np
http://www.turning-earth.co.uk/leaf_cutter_bee.htm
http://zoologie.umh.ac.be/hymenoptera/photo_album/10_Megachilidae/imagepages/image9.html
http://www.moraybeekeepers.co.uk/solitary_bees.htm

I gently placed them back inside a pot of compost in the hope that they will eventually hatch.

]]> http://www.hannahstothard.co.uk/allotment/leaf-cutting-bee-cocoons-or-so-i-think/feed/ 1