Anthidium manicatum

Anthidium manicatum, commonly called the European wool carder beeSpecies Anthidium manicatum – European Wool Carder Bee – BugGuide.Net is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter bees or mason bees.Wool Carder Bee / Leafcutting Bee – Anthidium manicatum They get the name "carder" from their behaviour of scraping hair from leavesAnthidium manicatum – Wool Carder Bee , Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording Society such as lamb's ears (Stachys byzantina). They carry this hair bundled beneath their bodies to be used as a nest lining.Wool Carder Bees – Anthidium manicatum – UK Safari Like other members of the tribe Anthidiini, these bees do not cut leaves or petals as is typical for megachilids.Michener, C.D. (2000). The Bees of the World. Johns Hopkins University Press. 913 pp. The males engage in territorial behaviour, aggressively chasing other males and pollinators from their territory. This bee is native to Europe, Asia and North Africa. It has recently been seen in regions of South America, New Zealand, and the Canary Islands. They are generalists, and do not seem to prefer any plant genera for foraging, although in New Zealand native plants are visited less frequently by this bee species. It was accidentally introduced into North America from Europe some time in the mid 20th century, first seen in 1963 near Ithaca, New York, and since then an invasive pest.

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