Natural enemies of leaf-cutting wasps

The leaf-cutting bee is a kind of honeybee, which is similar in appearance to the honeybee, but it has a cluster of short golden hairs on its abdomen. They get their name because they have the habit of cutting semicircular pieces from the leaves of plants and bringing them into the hive. So, what are the natural enemies of leaf-cutter wasps?

First, what are the natural enemies of leaf-cutting wasps?

The natural enemies of leaf-cutting wasps are tits, swallows, bee eagles, bee tigers, toads, spiders, crab spiders, web spiders, mud bees, wasps, dragonflies, ants, insectivorous gadflies, moths and so on.

Second, why do leaf-cutting bees cut leaves?

Leaf-cutting bees cut leaves to build nests. When building a nest, leaf-cutter bees fly to their favorite plants, cut off round leaves about 20 mm in diameter with their broad upper jaws, take them back to the nest and roll them into a tube, and seal one end of them to form a nest chamber. Then began to collect pollen and nectar, mixed them into bee food, stored in the nest room, and laid an egg, and then cut round leaves to seal the top of the nest.

Third, how to prevent and control leaf-cutting bees?

Because the leaf-cutting wasp is not for eating, but for future generations, it is not good for prevention and control, even if it is useless to put pesticides on the leaves, because if the leaf-cutting bee does not eat into its mouth, it will not be poisoned, so it is a bit difficult to prevent and cure it.

In fact, it is not impossible to prevent and cure it. Leaf-cutting bees are very dedicated. When cutting leaves, they usually only cut the leaves of plants in one place. They can move the plants to another place. If the leaf-cutting bees cannot find them, they will not come naturally. The leaf-cutting wasp basically acts alone, and after cutting the leaves, it will fly back to continue cutting. It can buy a yellow board and stick to it so that it can no longer cut leaves.