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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Wool-carder, Resin, Pebble, and Allied Bees (Anthidiini) » Woolcarder Bees (Anthidium) » Subgenus Anthidium (Anthidium Subgenus Anthidium) » European Wool-carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)
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Very fast Bee. - Anthidium manicatum
Copyright © 2017 Patrick McCullough

Very fast Bee. - Anthidium manicatum
Naugatuck, New Haven County, Connecticut, USA
August 24, 2017
Size: approx. 1 cm
A type of bee I have not seen before. Very quick flier, flying more like a Dragonfly than a bee, hovering completely still, then darting several feet, to stop and hover again.

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Very fast Bee. - Anthidium manicatum Very fast Bee. - Anthidium manicatum Very fast Bee. - Anthidium manicatum
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Contributed by Patrick McCullough on 24 August, 2017 - 4:34pm
Last updated 24 August, 2017 - 6:55pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 24 August, 2017 - 6:55pm login or register to post comments

Looks like maybe Anthidium ma
Looks like maybe Anthidium manicatum? The European Wool Carder Bee. http://bugguide.net/node/view/1337360/bgimage
… Maggie Furtak, 24 August, 2017 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes!
Thank you!
… Patrick McCullough, 25 August, 2017 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

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