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Anthidium florentinum
Megachilidae bee, very robust and covered with small hair. Ca. 2 cm in size. Probably it is a mail due to the white hairs on the side of the abdomen. It is a great flowers pollinator. This bee was hovering all the time around a lavender flowered plant, clearly in a territorial attitude, chasing away others bees approaching. Females make the nests covering the inside with chewed plant fibers.
Spotted in house garden on a lavender flowered plant.
Camera Model: NIKON D500. Exposure Time: 1/500 sec.; f/11; ISO Speed Rating: 800. Exposure Bias: 0 EV. Focal Length: 300.0 mm. No flash fired. DSC_4671,76, 80, 68
Spotted on Jul 30, 2019
Submitted on Mar 10, 2020
![Abella [Anthidium]](https://lh4.ggpht.com/hdO2GYKMTnSf6DWoshJa927t2Bn4R0cbVcf6Z2SYTldagAEaWq1WOMzeBFdHjIhunX1dlJKDn08Uyk-EeaM=s62-c)
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