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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Megachilinae » Anthidiini » Anthidium » Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)

Species Anthidium manicatum - Wool Carder Bee

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Identification · Food · Life Cycle · Remarks · Internet References
Cotton Bee in Lavender - Anthidium manicatum - male Hymenoptera / Megachilidae - Anthidium manicatum - female Leaf-cutting bee - Anthidium manicatum Female Wool Carder Bee on Lamb's Ear - Anthidium manicatum - female White fuzzy bumble bee - Anthidium manicatum wool carder bee? - Anthidium manicatum 5002311 - Anthidium manicatum Beautiful Bee2 - Anthidium manicatum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees)
Family Megachilidae (Leaf-cutter bees, Mason Bees, and allies)
Subfamily Megachilinae
Tribe Anthidiini
Genus Anthidium
Species manicatum (Wool Carder Bee)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Anthidium marginatum; Anthidium obtusatum
Explanation of Names
Females collect "wool" from downy plants such as Lamb's Ears to line their nest cavities.
Identification
Robust, black and yellow. Males significantly larger than females.
Food
Primarily feeds upon pollen from plants in the mint family (Lamiaceae). This confinement to pollen from a single group of plants is known scientifically as Oligolecty
Life Cycle
It nests in cavities
Remarks
Males defend their territory very aggressively.
Introduced from Europe. It is spreading throughout the northeast of the US and Canada.
Internet References
The Great Lakes Entomologist
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Contributed by john and jane balaban on 8 October, 2004 - 8:20pm
Additional contributions by Hannah Nendick-Mason, Beatriz Moisset, Chuck Entz
Last updated 21 July, 2008 - 8:31pm

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