Leaf cutting bee.
I thought the same. I had a colony of the things living in various holes in
a retaining wall at my last place. I think they were also called Australian
Blue Bee?
"Chookie" wrote in message
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"Don Smith" wrote:
Commonly known as the saw-fly. Its grubs gather in big clusters on the
trees and are sometimes called "spitfires".
Really? IME spitfires are very obvious and tend to defoliate rather than
cut
circles. I thought the leaf-cutting bee was a solitary native bee that
used
the leaves for its nest. I would move a few other plants to the same area
in
the hope that the bee will move on to them.
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