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California Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa californica

Photo by AmberLundeen
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Field Notes

Description:

This guy was was working hard and completely covered in pollen. We've been having trouble with them boring into our fence as you can see in the last picture.

Reference Links:

Xylocopa californica? - Xylocopa - BugGuide.Net

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Comments (1)
MickGrant
Great series - we had a bee in the UK drilling into our soft hand-made bricks in our house.
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PublishedAugust 22, 2011

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