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Aculeates

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Anthidium manicatum - Wool Carder Bee
	Photos of a female carding hair from a leaf. The hairs are used to line and seal nest cells. Photo sequence: Neil Robinson A female Anthidium manicatum commences cropping the woolly tomentum of a leaf.
	Gathering tomentum underneath her abdomen.
	Rolling the tomentum into a neat ball.
	Fully laden and ready for take off.