ROSE :: MINOR PEST :: LEAF CUTTING BEE

9. Leaf cutting bee: Megachile anthracina (Megachilidae: Hymenoptera)

Adults attack red gram and rose plants by cutting neat, circular or oval patches on the leaf margins and use cut bits for construction of nest cells. Adult bees are hairy, medium sized dark insects with the base of the abdomen tinged with red brown. They build cells in crevices and cavities in hedges or dead wood. Nest cell is provided with pollen paste and one egg is deposited in each cell.