Common Carder Bee, County Clare, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Common Carder Bee, County Clare, Munster, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Anthidium manicatum or European wool carder bee, they are leaf-cutters and use leaves and petals from various ornamental plants such as roses, azaleas, ash, redbud, and bougainvillea. They use the leaf and petal segments to construct their nests

Shrill Carder Bee (Bombus sylvarum)

European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum), in flight on a rose campion (Silene coronaria), Germany, Europe

leafcutter bees or wool carder bees mason bee flying