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Xylocopa californica - male
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Xylocopa californica - Male
Off Angeles Crest Highway, ~6000 ft, San Gabriel Mountains, Los Angeles County, California, USA
August 18, 2006
Size: ~24mm
Nectaring on Chrysothamnus nauseosus (Rabbitbrush)
Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 20 August, 2006 - 8:43pm
Last updated 25 October, 2006 - 12:55am

Moved
Moved from California Carpenter Bee.
… Hartmut Wisch, 25 October, 2006 - 12:55am

subspecies diamesa Hurd
male not female
… John S. Ascher, 29 September, 2006 - 7:33pm

 
I read about
diamesa, but didn't know how to tell other than possibly by the area. Thanks also for the gender correction.
… Hartmut Wisch, 29 September, 2006 - 7:46pm

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