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#3539 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants

European Woolcarder Bee

🇳🇱 Grote wolbij ·Anthidium manicatum

🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in the Netherlands
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
  1. 1. © Pierre Bornand · CC BY-NC 4.0
  2. 2. © bob15noble · CC BY-NC 4.0
  3. 3. © Pete McGregor · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  4. 4. © frank007 · CC BY-NC 4.0
  5. 5. © Pete McGregor · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
  6. 6. © Axel Gosseries · CC BY-NC 4.0
  7. 7. © insektix · CC BY-NC 4.0
  8. 8. © Kate McCombs · CC BY-NC 4.0
  9. 9. © Susan J. Hewitt · CC BY-NC 4.0
  10. 10. © Tom · CC BY 4.0
European Woolcarder Bee, photo 1 of 10
1/10 © Pierre Bornand · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Anthidium manicatum , commonly called the European wool carder bee , is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae, the leaf-cutter bees or mason bees.

base stats

  • NL sightings 141iNaturalist, research grade
  • worldwide 26,764iNaturalist observations

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

  • Spotted 141 times in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: the #37 most seen of the bees, wasps & ants in NL.
  • 26,764 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
  • Scientifically named in 1758 (268 years ago).

fact sheet

English
European Woolcarder Bee
Nederlands
Grote wolbij
scientific name
Anthidium manicatum
class
Insecta
order
Hymenoptera
family
Megachilidae
sightings in NL
141
sightings in Europe
8,876
sightings worldwide
26,764
GBIF records in NL
11,168
weight
—
length
—
lifespan
—
named
1758

relatives· Megachilidae

Sources: iNaturalist taxon 62453, Wikidata Q1413325, GBIF 1334821, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.

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