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Eastern Carpenter bee

Xylocopa virginica

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Eastern carpenter bee, Large Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - BugGuide.Net

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Eastern Carpenter bee

Xylocopa virginica

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Comments (4)
KristalWatrous
A male carpenter bee - in this species the males have a whitish clypeus (lower front of face). They're pretty docile and the males can't sting (no sting apparatus), so my daughter likes to hold them. :)
Carol Snow Milne
I have the same type. It is real large. I will be interested to know what it actually is. Cool! A bumblebee?

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PublishedNovember 2, 2011

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