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Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

Photo by Jim Avitalle
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Eastern Carpenter Bee

Habitat:

Trees, wooden structures

Notes:

This male eastern carpenter bee was buzzing around his nest hole outside the visitor's center at the John Heinz NWR in PA.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (7)
lori.tas
I love carpenter bees. When I was growing up we had a colony in an old orange tree stump. I used to watch them buzzing about and digging new holes.
KristenFrancis
i grew up in eastern PA and remember listening to those guys munch on the roof of my house all night long. very cool pic :)
Yasser
Jim, congrats on making Spotting of the Day! Check it out: http://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/posts/125964067483625 and https://twitter.com/#!/projectnoah/status/73119028733943809
SheaEckert
Awesome! These guys love the wood that my deck is made out of...

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Great Pollinator Project of NYC

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PublishedMay 11, 2011

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