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Photo by Olivia Chee
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Field Notes

Description:

A rather hefty bee with yellow spots on its back. Attempting to collect from a crape ginger flower.

Habitat:

tampines eco green

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
Olivia Chee
Thanks, Bayucca. I've read that 3 species of carpenter bees occur in Singapore: Xylocopa latipes, X. confusa and X. caerulea. But none of them appear to have those yellow spots on their backs.
bayucca
Looks like Carpenter Bee.

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Mission
The Biodiversity of Singapore
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PublishedSeptember 28, 2013

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