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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Carpenter Bees (Xylocopinae) » Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa)

Genus Xylocopa - Large Carpenter Bees

Subgenus Neoxylocopa · Subgenus Notoxylocopa · Subgenus Schonnherria · Subgenus Stenoxylocopa · Subgenus Xylocopoides

Subgenus Neoxylocopa
Valley Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa varipuncta - female Valley Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa varipuncta - female Male Valley Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa varipuncta - male Carpenter Bees of California #5 - Xylocopa varipuncta - female Huge Bee - Xylocopa mexicanorum - female Huge Bee - Xylocopa mexicanorum - female valley carpenter bee? - Xylocopa varipuncta - male Xylocopa varipuncta - male

Subgenus Notoxylocopa
Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa tabaniformis - female Xylocopa tabaniformis - orpifex - Xylocopa tabaniformis - male Bee On Salvia - Xylocopa tabaniformis - male Bumblebee - Xylocopa tabaniformis - male Carpenter bee - Xylocopa tabaniformis - male Large Bee - Xylocopa tabaniformis - male Large black bee on California fuchsia - Xylocopa tabaniformis Carpenter Bee? - Xylocopa tabaniformis

Subgenus Schonnherria
Southern Carpenter, I think? - Xylocopa micans Blue/Green Irridescent Bee - Xylocopa micans - male Carpenter bee - Xylocopa micans - male Carpenter bee - Xylocopa micans Carpenter Bee? - Xylocopa micans - female Xylocopa female? - Xylocopa micans - female Xylocopa female? (second specimen) - Xylocopa micans - female Xylocopa micans - male

Subgenus Stenoxylocopa
Very furry yellow-faced bee - Xylocopa micheneri - male Very furry yellow-faced bee - Xylocopa micheneri Very furry yellow-faced bee - Xylocopa micheneri - male

Subgenus Xylocopoides
Large Carpenter Bees Xylocopa virginica? - Xylocopa virginica - female Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female Hymenoptera help #1 please - Xylocopa virginica - female Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female Carpenter bee - Xylocopa virginica which Xylocopa? - Xylocopa virginica Big Bee - Xylocopa virginica Apidae family, possibly Xylocopa virginica ID please - Xylocopa virginica


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