Wool Carder Bee
Photo by Nigel Clunie
Anthidium manicatum (Linnaeus)
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Megachildae
Size range
- Medium sized 8–10 mm. Males larger than females.
Distribution
- Originally from Europe.
- Found first in 2006 in Napier and Nelson. Seen in Auckland in 2008.
Life History
- Has a very distinctive hovering flight.
- Attracted to flowers.