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Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - Female
Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
July 11, 2004
Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 11 February, 2005 - 6:35pm
Last updated 8 April, 2017 - 5:41pm

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 22 July, 2011 - 3:12pm

Moved
Moved from Large Carpenter Bees.
… Lynette Elliott, 28 September, 2006 - 10:57pm

X. virginica
female
… John S. Ascher, 28 September, 2006 - 7:45pm

Pollinia
This one has been visiting a milkweed. See all the pollinia clinging to its legs.
… Beatriz Moisset, 19 February, 2006 - 6:41pm

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