Male similar to the more widespread X. virginica, but male micans has greenish-blue abdomen rather than purple. Female micans is black and with purple body (all black in virginica).(2)
Warriner M.D. (2010) A range extension for the Large Carpenter Bee Xylocopa micans (Hymenoptera: Apidae) with notes on floral and habitat associations. J. Kans. Ent. Soc. 83: 267-269. (JSTOR)
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Featured Creatures on the two eastern species, X. virginica and X. micans(2)