
See these leaves? That is what my plants look like. It turns out the culprit is this little bee.

To diagnose my problem I looked in the book, What's Wrong With My Plant (And How Do I Fix It?). It clearly told me it was a leafcutter, but I didn't find the rest of the explanation to be satisfactory, so I went online!
Now that I know, I agree with my husband that we should seal up that beam. Then next season I won't have to deal with as many, and there must be quite a few of them, because they are eating a lot of leaves. Also, I think it is rather cool that a bee can cut such perfect little circles out of leaves, but I really don't want them to hurt my new little cherry tree. Next year I have plans for at least two more trees, so I don't want a big number of them! Isn't nature awesome (really, I do believe it is)!
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