Wool Carder Bee

Anthidium manicatum

About

The wool carder bee is named for the female's habit of scraping plant fibres to line her nest cells. Males are unusually large and aggressively defend flower patches.

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Quick Facts

Category: Insect
Latin name: Anthidium manicatum
IUCN Status: LC — Least Concern
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Conservation Status: LC

Least Concern — assessed by the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.