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Carpenter bee

Xylocopa violacea

Photo by Jopy
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Field Notes

Description:

large bee or fly, about two cm in length, completely black

Habitat:

National park Paklenica, spotted on Spurge

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (3)
Jopy
da, da...sutre cu update-ati ID, vecina koje sam ja vidila su malo ljubicaste :) imam vec sliku X. violaceae sa Cvrsnice http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/38452009
Ahmed Mujcinovic
Kos nas ove što sam ja zapazio su uglavnom sve crne. Samo im krila imaju metalik odsjaj i neke nijanse plave - ljubičaste.
Jopy
Hvala! Thanks za ID, mogla sam i pretpostaviti da je ovo X. violacea, vec ju imam u kolekciji....nadala sam se da je neka druga vrsta posto je potpuno crna :(

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PublishedMarch 10, 2014

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