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Tropical Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa sp.

Photo by arne.roysland
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Field Notes

Description:

The whole bee is black, also the eyes. It is shiny with metallic blue wings in sunlight. It has also a slight of hair growth on the thorax.

Habitat:

On the rooftop.

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PublishedJanuary 16, 2023

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