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WCB Gathering

A female Wool Carder Bee gathers fibers. from a Lambs Ear Flower stem. She will take the ball of fibers and line the holes where she deposits one egg at a time. The males are much larger and very aggressive and a singular male will patrol his Lambs Ear plant to ensure no other flying insects other than females of his species partake. They are known to kill honey bees but I have yet to see that and they have been frequenting my yard for a few years now and this is likely due to the Lambs Ear flowers that play such an important role in their lives. There are several other images of this species scattered throughout this gallery....

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