Male wool carder bees in flight patrolling their patch of Stachys byzanticum (lamb's ear)

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Size: 3600px × 2782px
Location: my garden, north west Cumbrian coast, UK
Photo credit: © Vivian Russell / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: anthidium, bee, bees, byzanticum, carder, defence, ear, flight, flying, garden, insect, lamb, lanata, males, manicatum, patrolling, polygony, resource, solitary, stachys, wool