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Violet Carpenter bee

Xylocopa violacea

Photo by AmolPandit
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Field Notes

Description:

Violet carpenter Bees hibernate overwinter and they emerge in the spring, usually around April or May. Hibernation is undertaken by the adults in wood where there are abandoned nest tunnels.has blue-whitish eyes and violet -dark blue coloration over the wings.

Habitat:

Found on flower

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Xylocopa violacea

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Biodiversity of Maharashtra & Goa , India
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PublishedMarch 11, 2016

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