Chookie wrote:
In article ,
Trish Brown wrote:

Now I have another question. What is the creature that munches circular
holes in the leaves of apple trees? I've looked and looked, even used a
magnifying glass, but I'm blowed if I can find a single animal on the
leaves.

You won't. That's the work of the Leaf-Cutter Bee. Fascinating little
animal, it is a solitary bee that nests in a tunnel. It lays an egg at the
end of the tunnel, then uses a nice round piece of leaf to seal it off, lays
another egg, gets another bit of leaf, and so on. Here, they usually snip
circles from rose leaves.


Aha! You realise I'll have to park by the apple tree now until I get to
see one of these little fellows! I like to keep up with the wildlife in
my garden...

Thanks, Chookie! ;-D

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Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia