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Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa sp

Photo by Bernadette S
Published on Project Noah
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28.4869, 34.4812

Field Notes

Description:

body about 1.5 cm in length

Habitat:

feeding on Iphiona scabra plants in a coastal desert wadi

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Comments (2)
Bernadette S
Thanks! Me, too. One of the larger bees that we found around here.
injica
Oh beautiful :) Hope you will be able to identify it!

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PublishedApril 14, 2013

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