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Southern Carpenter Bee ♂

Xylocopa micans

Photo by Machi
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Field Notes

Description:

A bee with large mint green eyes, a blue abdomen, and a yellow thorax

Habitat:

Suburban yard on beggar's tick

Species ID Suggestions

Southern Carpenter Bee (male)

Xylocopa micans

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LivanEscudero
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Comments (2)
LivanEscudero
Actually, comparing the "faces" in figure4 of the link in my other comment to your photo #4, I'm more confident it is X. micans
LivanEscudero
Note : it may be the very similar Xylocopa virginica a male Eastern Carpenter Bee. I'm going with southern because you mentioned a noticeable blue abdomen. Bugguide mentions that southerns have a more purplish iridescent abdomen. Here are other details to distinguish them, though I don't believe visible in the photos. http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/misc/bees/xylocopa.htm

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PublishedAugust 30, 2014

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