Patchwork leafcutter bee (leaf-cutter bee, Megachile centuncularis), female cutting sections of willowherb leaf to create walls of a nest cell, UK

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Size: 3493px × 2329px
Location: Farnborough, Hampshire, England, UK
Photo credit: © Gillian Pullinger / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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