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European Wool-carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)
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Copyright © 2008
Eephus
correction: wool carder bee -
Anthidium manicatum
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Cook County, Illinois, USA
June 10, 2008
This bee was spotted on flowering sage. It was slightly larger than a honey bee.
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Contributed by
Eephus
on 10 June, 2008 - 11:24pm
Last updated 11 June, 2008 - 4:25pm
"wool-carder" bee.
This is a female Anthidium manicatum, an introduced species from Europe that has now become widespread. We do have native species in this genus, too. Females don't cut leaves but line their nest cells with fibers stripped from leaves of certain plants.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 11 June, 2008 - 1:52am
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Thank you, Eric!
Thank you, Eric!
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Eephus
, 11 June, 2008 - 7:39am
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