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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) » California Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica) » Xylocopa californica californica
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) » California Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica) » Xylocopa californica diamesa

Matching comments ranked in order of relevance:

Xylocopa californica


Not actually black.


Possible Western Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa californica


Female


might be californica


Xylocopa varipunctata


Ah-ah...so it's a Xylocopa ca


My first thought was a carpen


Xylocopa californica californica


Most likely Xylocopa californ


Xylocopa.


Female Xylocopa sp.


X. californica


Xylocopa in Maui


Male Valley carpenter bee.


Xylocopa californica arizonensis


Male


Moved


Large Carpenter Bee


Bee


Bombus nevadensis male?


California Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica) - male


Female, looks like either a x


Carpenter Bee


Thanks!!


Xylocopa californica arizonensis


Xylocopa californica


Xylocopa californica arizonensis


Xylocopa californica


Yes, male.


vespula- Thanks! Moved to Xyl


Not Bombus:-)


Startide.


Xylocopa californica


California Carpenter Bee


Xylocopa californica arizonensis


Xylocopa californica arizonensis


Xylocopa californica arizonensis


Eric has a point in terms of looks,


Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex is the common species in Berkeley


Male Xylocopa.


Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) varipuncta Patton, 1879


I'm confused...


Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica) - male


Yes.



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