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Shropshire Invertebrates Group - Invertebrates of Shropshire
Wool Carder Bee - Anthidium manicatum. A  solitary bee  

This large, distinctive and attractive solitary bee has not been recorded very often in Shropshire. There are records for Shrewsbury, Harley, and Wollerton. It may well be quite widespread in Shropshire, particularly in gardens where it will probably be associated with flowers of Stachys, foxglove toadflax flowers and similar flowers in the family labiatae. For more on the Wool Carder Bee in a Shrewsbury garden see this page>  Wool Carder Bee