Eastern Carpenter Bee (on Obedient Plant) (Xylocopa virginica) | Project Noah

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Field Notes

Description:

This is a very large bee that I get every summer (by the dozens) on the Obedient Plant (which my grandmother calls Disobedient Plant since it spreads so wonderfully). These bees are much larger than any other I find. They are very dark black and roughly an inch or so in length. They are fuzzy on their upper body.

Habitat:

They frequent my flower garden every summer and are only attracted to the Obedient Plant. I do not notice them on any other plants in my garden. The location is near woods, a creek and a very large river.

Notes:

They frequent the yard in late July and August when the Obedient plant blooms.

Reference Links:

Eastern carpenter bee

Species ID Suggestions

Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

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Actually this makes sense, we do have a wood-boring bee that lives under our porch each year. It's probably one of these. Maybe that "Disobedient plant" is disobedient afterall. First time I saw that bee boring away on my porch I was very surprised as I had never seen that before and no one believed me.

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