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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees (Apidae) » Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees (Xylocopinae) » Large Carpenter Bees (Xylocopa) » Subgenus Neoxylocopa (Xylocopa Subgenus Neoxylocopa) » Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina)
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Valley Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa sonorina - male
Copyright © 2005 Chuck Entz

Valley Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa sonorina - Male
Encino, Los Angeles County, California, USA
April 7, 2005
Size: 1 inch +
On rose geranium (Pelargonium sp.) in my front yard.
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Contributed by Chuck Entz on 12 November, 2005 - 12:23pm
Last updated 14 November, 2010 - 3:59pm

Wow
16 years in Orange County and all I ever saw were the large black carpenter bees. Is this species rare? or does it have a limited range?
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 13 November, 2005 - 4:44am login or register to post comments

 
Valley Carpenter Bees
You've seen the same species. The male is blond and very short-lived, while the female is black. Oddly enough, I don't seem to have any pictures of the females- they just haven't been around much in the past few years since I've had a camera (or at least not while I've had one handy).
… Chuck Entz, 13 November, 2005 - 11:14am login or register to post comments

 
It's
too bad the females don't look as nice.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 14 November, 2005 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

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