Species 57 - Wool Carder Bee

2 species today as I missed yesterday due to illness..

It took me ages to work out the identity of this bee, indeed I had to seek assistance from the internet. It's quite impressive and territorial, it wouldn't tolerate males of it's own kind near it's clump of Black Horehound (species 43). The female (much smaller) was tolerated though.

Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)























Scores (how the 57 species so far break down by group)

Bees - 7
Moths - 3
Amphibians - 1
Plants - 11
OtherFlies - 3
Hoverflies - 9
Molluscs - 1
Beetles - 9
Spiders -1
Centipedes - 1
Wasps - 1
Butterflies - 4
Dragonflies - 1
Birds - 4
True bugs - 1

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