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Black bee - Xylocopa mexicanorum
Copyright © 2008 crispin

Black bee - Xylocopa mexicanorum
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
March 18, 2008
Fairly large bees that look like Carpenter bees. Can someone verify an ID for them? They were photographed at the Hans Suter Wildlife Refuge.

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Black bee - Xylocopa mexicanorum Black bee - Xylocopa mexicanorum
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Contributed by crispin on 27 March, 2008 - 9:58pm
Last updated 15 May, 2008 - 3:50pm

Moved
Moved from Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 May, 2008 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

ID confirmed - Xylocopa sp.
Superb shots of a jet-black female. Most likely X. mexicanorum, but a confirmation from Dr Ascher would be safer.
At any rate, this one species looks virtually identical to Western palaearctic X. valga, at least in the female gender.
… Richard Vernier, 28 March, 2008 - 7:59am login or register to post comments

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