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Anthidium
Anthidium is a genus of bees often called carder or potter bees, who use conifer resin, plant hairs, mud, or a mix of them to build nests. They are in the family Megachilidae which is cosmopolitan in distribution and made up of species that are mostly solitary bees with pollen-carrying scopa that are only located on the ventral surface of the abdomen. Other bee families have the pollen-carrying structures on the hind legs. Typically species of...
60 branches of this group, most-observed first
European Woolcarder Bee
speciesAnthidium manicatum
Florentine Woolcarder Bee
speciesAnthidium florentinum
Seven-spined Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium septemspinosum
Spotted Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium maculosum
Punctate Wool-carder Bee
speciesAnthidium punctatum
Lot's Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium loti
Spot-fronted Wool-carder Bee
speciesAnthidium maculifrons
Chilean Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium chilense
Belted Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium cingulatum
Diademed Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium diadema
Illustrated Woolcarder Bee
speciesAnthidium illustre
Pacific Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium palliventre
Porter's Wool-carder Bee
speciesAnthidium porterae
Anthidium palmarum
speciesAnthidium palmarum
Gay's Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium gayi
Scurfy Pea Carder Bee
speciesAnthidium tenuiflorae
Edwards' Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium edwardsii
Anthidium atrifrons
speciesAnthidium atrifrons
Anthidium mormonum
speciesAnthidium mormonum
Anthidium taeniatum
speciesAnthidium taeniatum
Anthidium collectum
speciesAnthidium collectum
Twenty-two-spotted Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium vigintiduopunctatum
Anthidium utahense
speciesAnthidium utahense
Anthidium garleppi
speciesAnthidium garleppi
Rodeck's Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium rodecki
Anthidium wuestneii
speciesAnthidium wuestneii
Montane Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium montanum
Anthidium clypeodentatum
speciesAnthidium clypeodentatum
Anthidium placitum
speciesAnthidium placitum
Anthidium psoraleae
speciesAnthidium psoraleae
Anthidium deceptum
speciesAnthidium deceptum
Anthidium banningense
speciesAnthidium banningense
Anthidium auritum
speciesAnthidium auritum
Anthidium sonorense
speciesAnthidium sonorense
Anthidium dalmaticum
speciesAnthidium dalmaticum
Anthidium tesselatum
speciesAnthidium tesselatum
Funereal Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium funereum
Anthidium amurense
speciesAnthidium amurense
Anthidium rubripes
speciesAnthidium rubripes
Anthidium chubuti
speciesAnthidium chubuti
Anthidium sanguinicaudum
speciesAnthidium sanguinicaudum
Anthidium peruvianum
speciesAnthidium peruvianum
Anthidium kashmirense
speciesAnthidium kashmirense
Anthidium paroselae
speciesAnthidium paroselae
Anthidium melanopygum
speciesAnthidium melanopygum
Anthidium aymara
speciesAnthidium aymara
Emarginated Carder Bee
speciesAnthidium emarginatum
Anthidium jocosum
speciesAnthidium jocosum
Anthidium rodriguezi
speciesAnthidium rodriguezi
Anthidium vigintipunctatum
speciesAnthidium vigintipunctatum
Colliguay Woolcarder
speciesAnthidium colliguayanum
Anthidium ardens
speciesAnthidium ardens
Anthidium parkeri
speciesAnthidium parkeri
Anthidium pontis
speciesAnthidium pontis
Anthidium pseudophilorum
speciesAnthidium pseudophilorum
Anthidium ordinatum
speciesAnthidium ordinatum
Anthidium bischoffi
speciesAnthidium bischoffi
Anthidium cochimi
speciesAnthidium cochimi
Anthidium hallinani
speciesAnthidium hallinani
Anthidium pallidiclypeum
speciesAnthidium pallidiclypeum
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 638430.