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European Wool Carder Bee 18<br /> introduced in the 1960&#039;s Anthidium manicatum,European wool carder bee,Geotagged,Summer,United States Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

European Wool Carder Bee

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introduced in the 1960's

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    The spotty pattern is so cool, have never seen it before. A bit busy right now but hope we can get this one to an ID. Posted 4 years ago
    1. View morpheme's profile
      morpheme
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      I'll keep working on this one - it just got too late last night.... I do need to sleep occasionally ;). I've also submitted to BugGuide. Posted 4 years ago
      1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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        No rush, take good care of yourself. Was merely suggesting it's too beautiful to not have a name, eventually :) Posted 4 years ago
        1. View morpheme's profile
          morpheme
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          Getting closer... Genus Anthidium - Wool-carder Bees Posted 4 years ago
          1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
            Ferdy Christant
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            Nice clue! I got a theory. There's 2 species within that genus widely reported in your state. Anthidium manicatum would be my guess. When you look at many photos of this species, a small minority of them seem to have interrupted bands, spotty...like on your photo.

            As said, a theory.             Posted 4 years ago
            1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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              Wow, looked like I typed that as you ID-ed it lol. Posted 4 years ago
              1. View morpheme's profile
                morpheme
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                You, me and the experts appear to agree - I found a note that the most commonly encountered species in the city is manicatum. Posted 4 years ago
                1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
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                  Great. Interesting how this deviating pattern is somewhat common, I wonder if it's a mutation. Posted 4 years ago
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    Calbost Niel
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    What a beefy creature Posted 4 years ago

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The European wool carder bee

"Anthidium manicatum", commonly called the European wool carder bee is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter bees or mason bees. They get the name "carder" from their behaviour of scraping hair from leaves such as lamb's ears. They carry this hair bundled beneath their bodies to be used as a nest lining.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by morpheme
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Uploaded Jul 23, 2021. Captured Jul 22, 2021 13:07 in 2925 E Madison St, Seattle, WA 98112, USA.
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  • f/14.0
  • 1/180s
  • ISO200
  • 80mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.