Genus
Anthidium (Carder bees)
Anthidium illustre. Photo: (c) Mickey Long, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Anthidium is a genus of bees often called carder or potter bees, who use conifer resin, plant hairs, mud, or a mix of them to build nests. They are in the family Megachilidae which is cosmopolitan in distribution and made up of species that are mostly solitary bees with pollen-carrying scopa that are only located on the ventral surface of the abdomen. Other bee families have the pollen-carrying structures on the hind legs. Typically species of…
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Humboldt Life
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
- Phylum: Arthropoda (Arthropods)
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Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
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