Wool Carder Bee
![Photo by Nigel Clunie](https://oldwww.landcareresearch.co.nz/__data/assets/image/0019/2845/varieties/thumb200.jpg)
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.