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Posted on February 26, 2023August 7, 2024 in Invertebrates, Photography, Plants

Iris

Cottonwood Demonstration Garden, Colorado Springs, Colorado

Bumblebee on Wild Mustard (Brassica kaber)
Black Forest, Colorado
bee wild mustard
Posted on May 7, 2015May 6, 2015 in Birds

What Made These Holes?

Leaf-cutter Bee damage on rose_DBG_LAH_7311Do your lilacs look like someone took a giant hole punch to their leaves? How about your rosebushes (left), green ash, or Virginia creeper? The first time I saw the precise circle of leaf missing from a leaf, I thought someone was playing a trick on me. It didn’t look at all like insect damage.

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bee beneficial hole leaf leafcutter
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