Spotted woolcarder
The spotted woolcarder is a bee that lives alone and does not make honey. The males act like bodyguards. Each one guards its own patch of flowers and chases away other insects that come too close.
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Fun facts
The males are bigger than the females, which is unusual for bees.
A male guarding his flowers has to chase off an intruder about every 3 to 4 minutes.
It lives for about a year, but spends most of that time hidden in its nest as an egg, a larva and a pupa. It flies outside for only 3 to 4 weeks.
It builds its nest in holes in wood.
It only flies in the daytime and stays at home when it is freezing.
Most asked questions about Spotted woolcarder
?Does the spotted woolcarder make honey?
No. It lives alone, not in a hive, and does not store honey.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Anthidium maculosum
- Group
- Bees and bumblebees
- Family
- Megachilidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Hymenoptera > Megachilidae
- Lives on
- North America
Where the facts come from
- Anthidium maculosum (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by JerryFriedman. CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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