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Violet Carpenter Bee / Crna pčela drvarica

Xylocopa violacea

Photo by injica
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Field Notes

Description:

Unfortunately dead specimen, found it in the forest.

Habitat:

It is the common European species of carpenter bee.

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Xylocopa violacea

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Comments (4)
injica
Jemma what r u referring 2? I think mine was dead because of the strong wind not really pesticides pluse the area is pretty wild, no one is cultivating nothing except olives which method looks like: "leave the tree to grow"...
HemaShah
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/03/science/earth/government-study-cites-mix-of-factors-in-death-of-honeybees.html?_r=0
injica
Znaš šta, nisam ga ni mogla žalit što je mrtav nakon što sam ih danima naganjala ne bih li bar jednu normalnu fotku napravila i ne nisam: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/21522275 namučio me, laknulo mi kad je ovaj bio hladan ;)
Jopy
e, to se zove boja...šteta što je mrtav, jadnik!
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PublishedMay 3, 2013

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