European wool carder bee

Description:

A. manicatum 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. They carry this hair bundled beneath their bodies to be used as a nest lining. Anthidium manicatum consumes the pollen from flowers of varying families. They are thus considered to be generalists. They visit garden flowers and weeds preferring blue flowers that have long throats

Habitat:

Spotted in a backyard garden

Notes:

Camera Model: NIKON D300. Exposure Time: 1/800 sec. f/14 ISO Speed Rating: 800. Focal Length: 300.0 mm.