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Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - male
Copyright © 2008 Cody R. Hough

Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - Male
Portage, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, USA
April 22, 2008
Found inside my gazebo, you can't see in these pictures but the Bee's face is yellow.

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Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - male Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - male
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Contributed by Cody R. Hough on 22 April, 2008 - 7:18pm
Last updated 26 April, 2008 - 6:29pm

yellow-faced "bumble bee"
=Xylocopa virginica male

compare: http://bugguide.net/node/view/16660
… John S. Ascher, 23 April, 2008 - 12:06pm login or register to post comments

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