Eastern carpenter bee
Xylocopa virginica
43.0904, -79.0861
Field Notes
Description:
The most visible physical difference (at a glance) between this species and a bumblebee is the abdomen. Eastern carpenter bees have a shiny black abdomen, with the only yellow hair present being at the base next to the thorax, while bumblebees have a very fuzzy abdomen, which in some species has large areas of yellow hair across the middle (this is visible and obvious).
Habitat:
urban
Notes:
This Carpenter bee was walking through the grass in my backyard. It seemed to be having trouble. I put it on my lens cap for these photos.
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