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Wool Carder Bee - nest building - Anthidium manicatum
Copyright © 2010 Ilona L.

Wool Carder Bee - nest building - Anthidium manicatum
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 4, 2010
She has filled up the entire space behind the mailbox -- about 3 inches.

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Wool Carder Bee - nest building - Anthidium manicatum - female Wool Carder Bee - nest building - Anthidium manicatum
Contributed by Ilona L. on 5 July, 2010 - 12:19am
Last updated 11 December, 2010 - 5:32pm

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