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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 Xylocopoides (Xylocopa Subgenus Xylocopoides) » Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) » Xylocopa virginica virginica
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Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - male
Copyright © 2011 Nancy Kent

Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - Male
Radford, Virginia, USA
April 19, 2011
Please confirm or correct my ID. The bee is on common dandelion.

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Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - male Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica
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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 19 April, 2011 - 9:41pm
Last updated 3 September, 2011 - 9:18am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 20 April, 2011 - 9:48pm login or register to post comments

yes
a male
… John S. Ascher, 20 April, 2011 - 9:35pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I am pleased to know that I recognized this critter and that you also provided the gender, Dr. Ascher. Would you please tell me how you know it is a male?
… Nancy Kent, 20 April, 2011 - 10:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Male
Large eyes, longer antennae. The white spot on the face is not visible in these photos but is is the best feature to distinguish the sexes of this species. You can visit all the other images in these pages to familiarize yourself with the sex differences.
… Beatriz Moisset, 3 September, 2011 - 9:20am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
Beatriz, I appreciate that science lesson! In fact, I think that I might have seen one in the field today and noticed a white spot.
… Nancy Kent, 3 September, 2011 - 1:12pm login or register to post comments

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