Anthidium manicatum (European wool carder bee)♀︎

Verbena bonariensis (Verbena)

Last update: 20 March 2021


Uncommon

LOCATION: Krimpen aan den IJssel, garden

OBSERVATION:
2020-V-26


A female European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) [1] foraging for nectar on Verbena (Verbena bonariensis), a plant that is not visited often by the species.

European wool carder bee ♀︎ (Anthidium manicatum) on Verbena (Verbena bonariensis)
European wool carder bee ♀︎ (Anthidium manicatum) on Verbena (Verbena bonariensis)

References

1 Nederlands Soortenregister

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