# Wool carder bee (*Anthidium manicatum*)

Canonical page: https://creaturedata.com/animals/wool-carder-bee  
Data as of: 2026-11-14

The wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) is a species in the family Megachilidae, order Hymenoptera. Recorded adults reach 1.6 cm in length. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Australia.

## Quick facts

| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Weight | Not recorded |
| Length | 1 cm – 1.6 cm |
| Lifespan | Not recorded |
| Diet | Nectarivore |
| Main food | Not recorded |
| Habitat | grassland, human_modified |
| Young per litter or clutch | Not recorded |
| Conservation status | Not recorded |
| Countries on record | 1 country |

## Introduced range

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists it as introduced in 2 countries. Introduced: Brazil, United States. Source: https://griis.org/ (CC BY 4.0).

## Classification

- kingdom: Animalia
- phylum: Arthropoda
- class: Insecta
- order: Hymenoptera
- family: Megachilidae
- genus: Anthidium
- species: *Anthidium manicatum* (Linnaeus, 1758)

Synonyms: *Anthidium barbarum*, *Anthidium maculatum*, *Anthidium manicatum cyrenaica*, *Anthidium manicatum fasciatum*, *Anthidium manicatum luteus*, *Anthidium manicatum nasicolle*, *Anthidium manicatum nigrithorax*, *Anthidium manicatum subcrenulata*, *Anthidium marginatum*, *Anthidium obtusatum*, *Anthidium productum*, *Anthidium subcrenulatum*, *Anthophora manicata*, *Apis amoenita*, *Apis fulvipes*, *Apis maculata*, *Apis manicata*, *Apis modesta*, *Apis pervigil*, *Apis uncata*, *Megachile manicata*, *Trachusa manicatum*

## Countries on record

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

Australia

## Common questions

### How big is the wool carder bee?

An adult wool carder bee measures 1 cm – 1.6 cm long, according to values recorded on Wikidata.

### Where does the wool carder bee live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the wool carder bee for 1 country: Australia. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

### Is the wool carder bee an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the wool carder bee as introduced in 2 countries: Brazil and United States, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

### What kind of animal is the wool carder bee?

The wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) belongs to the family Megachilidae in the order Hymenoptera.

## Sources

- [Catalogue of Life eXtended Release](https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/316691), CC BY 4.0, 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf
- [Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (GRIIS)](https://griis.org/), CC BY 4.0, 2026-11-13. Pagad, S., Genovesi, P., Carnevali, L., Schigel, D. & McGeoch, M.A. (2018) Introducing the Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species. Scientific Data 5: 170202. https://doi.org/10.1038/sdata.2017.202. Country checklists published through GBIF by the IUCN SSC Invasive Species Specialist Group.
- [TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844), CC BY 4.0, 2.0. Chauvier, Y., Adde, A., Bergamini, A. et al. (2025) TraitCH: a multi-taxa functional trait dataset for Switzerland and Europe. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15063844

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