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Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa tabaniformis

Photo by joanbstanley
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Field Notes

Description:

Closely resembling bumblebees, they lack the fuzziness of the typical bumblebee's abdomen.

Habitat:

On mealy blue sage in wildlife habitat yard.

Notes:

Due to their large size, carpenter bees cannot enter tubelike blossoms such as sage, so they slit the base of corolla, a practice known as “robbing the nectar” (without pollinating the flower).

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PublishedMay 2, 2013

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