Caption

or European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum), 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

Date

Sep 26, 2011

Credit line

Photo12/imageBROKER/Javier Torrent / VWPics

Reference

BRK25D64_294

Model release

NA

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

55,6Mb (4,2Mb) / 18,0in x 12,0in / 5400 x 3600 (300dpi)

Keywords

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