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bumblebee? - Xylocopa virginica
Copyright © 2009 Molly Jacobson

bumblebee? - Xylocopa virginica
Merrimack, New Hampshire, USA
July 4, 2009
Size: ~1 1/4 in.
This huge bumblebee(?) was found bumbling along around the milkweed. I found a few and decided to capture one. They are at least twice the size of the average bumblebee, and they all have a black spot in the middle of their thorax. Their abdomen are not fuzzy.

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bumblebee? - Xylocopa virginica bumblebee? - Xylocopa virginica
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Contributed by Molly Jacobson on 4 July, 2009 - 10:18pm
Last updated 16 July, 2009 - 1:26am

Xylocopa
A large carpenter bee in the genus Xylocopa rather than a bumble bee.

This is most likely X. virginica
… Vespula vulgaris, 4 July, 2009 - 10:35pm login or register to post comments

 
yes
X. virginica female
… John S. Ascher, 4 July, 2009 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

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