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Megachile centuncularis, leaf-cutter bee, Alan Prowse

IMG_8579 tqs 800c Megachile centunculus Leaf-cutter bee pollen brushBD.jpg Median Wasp (Dolichovespula media) Alan ProwseThumbnailsMegachile centuncularis. leaf-cutter bee, Alan ProwseMedian Wasp (Dolichovespula media) Alan ProwseThumbnailsMegachile centuncularis. leaf-cutter bee, Alan Prowse

Commonest of the leaf cutters, note the "pollen brush" of the ventral abdomen. What advantage to the insect?

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