Anthidium forcipatum ♀ (Mesh) [1.5cm]

Actual specimen is about 1.5cm in length. Created with images from the Zoosphere project: http://www.zoosphere.net/sequence/83/Anthidium/forcipatum "Anthidium is a genus of bees often called mason 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 scopea 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 Anthidium feed on pollen and nectar from plants. They ... make the nests in holes in the ground, walls or trees, with hairs plucked from plants." - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthidium  Audio from my [freesound.org profile](http://freesound.org/people/nebulousflynn): http://freesound.org/people/nebulousflynn/sounds/269047/