The Hair Collector - _TNY_8877
A female European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) drinking nectar from the flower on a house-leek (Sempervivum tectorum).
When not eating, she and her sisters like to collect hair from these flowers, using their mandibles, and use it to line their nests - but you gotta eat sometimes as well!
Another two shots of the same bee here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/32258111117/
The Hair Collector - _TNY_8877
A female European wool carder bee (Anthidium manicatum) drinking nectar from the flower on a house-leek (Sempervivum tectorum).
When not eating, she and her sisters like to collect hair from these flowers, using their mandibles, and use it to line their nests - but you gotta eat sometimes as well!
Another two shots of the same bee here: www.flickr.com/photos/tinyturtle/32258111117/