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Large Carpenter Bees Xylocopa virginica? - Xylocopa virginica - female
Copyright © 2007 Andrew Meeds

Large Carpenter Bees Xylocopa virginica? - Xylocopa virginica - Female
Powell Gardens, near Kansas City, Missouri, USA
September 30, 2007
Size: inch or so... fat
Found this at Powell Gardens. Best guess is Xylocopa virginica or something closely related. Any ideas?
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Contributed by Andrew Meeds on 2 October, 2007 - 4:18pm
Last updated 19 October, 2009 - 10:03am

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… Charley Eiseman, 19 October, 2009 - 10:03am login or register to post comments

X. virginica virginica
female
… John S. Ascher, 3 October, 2007 - 12:11pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
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… Andrew Meeds, 3 October, 2007 - 3:30pm login or register to post comments

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