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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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Anthidium manicatum - female
Copyright © 2006 Ilona L.

Anthidium manicatum - Female
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
June 26, 2006
These large bees (I assume they are bees)spend a lot of time around the lamb's-ear flowers. I have also seen one of the bees scraping off fur from the lamb's ear leaf and collecting it in a ball to carry away. Does anyone know the name of this insect? The bees hover in place and then move very fast to another location and they make quite a loud buzz when flying. They are also very aggressive towards each other.

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Anthidium manicatum - female Anthidium manicatum - Wool Carder Bee - Anthidium manicatum - female
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 26 June, 2006 - 8:47pm
Last updated 26 January, 2016 - 1:48pm

It is an Anthidium bee. Big g
It is an Anthidium bee. Big genus with many species...
… Martin Hauser, 26 June, 2006 - 9:36pm login or register to post comments

 
A. manicatum female.
This is most likely Anthidium manicatum, the introduced species that is now the most-often seen member of the genus, at least in the northeast U.S. This one is a female, as you can see she is collecting pollen in the scopa on her tummy:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 June, 2006 - 3:20pm login or register to post comments

 
This is also the most-often seen Anthidium
in Colorado Springs (actually the only one seen Anthidium so far). Look for Lamb's Ear or other blue flowers in city parks and you will find them.
… Adalbert Goertz, 5 July, 2006 - 3:06pm login or register to post comments

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