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be best subdued by hand picking. It is easy to detect the 
tents, and a simple matter to remove the worm and crush it 
under foot. 
The Leaf Cutter Bee. — The leaves of the rose bushes in 
the garden are sometimes strangely cut into, as if some fairy 
had overnight deftly cut them with her wanton scissors. To 
Fig. 53. 
The Leaf Cutter Bee and nest. 
many this fact is a sore puzzle. It is due to a leaf-roller of 
quite a different sort from any we have before considered. 
The figure (53 after Figuier) represents the Leaf Cutter Bee 
cutting out a circular piece of leaf with her scissors-like 
jaws, while the nest, composed of numerous pieces variously 
folded and pressed together, attests her wonderful skill and 
forethought. 
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