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Seven-spined Woolcarder

Anthidium septemspinosum

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in France.January 0, February 0, March 0, April 0, May 1, June 35, July 151, August 128, September 20, October 0, November 0, December 0.
France335
Austria178
Île-de-France158
Wien95
Russia74
Nouvelle-Aquitaine51
Niederösterreich43
China42
Bretagne38
Steiermark37

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyMason, Leafcutter, Carder, and Resin Bees · Megachilidae
GenusWool Carder Bees · Anthidium

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