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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Anthophila (Apoidea) - 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) » Texas Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica texana)
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Carpenter bee? - Xylocopa virginica - male
Copyright © 2016 cgritzmaker

Carpenter bee? - Xylocopa virginica - Male
Maypearl, Ellis County, Texas, USA
May 5, 2016
I thought this was an Eastern Carpenter Bee, but now not so sure. The same size, and patrolling the garden area. He kept buzzing me as I was trying to photograph him. Never lit, and the photos are not sharp.

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Carpenter bee? - Xylocopa virginica - male Carpenter bee? - Xylocopa virginica - male Carpenter bee? - Xylocopa virginica - male
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Contributed by cgritzmaker on 6 May, 2016 - 1:50pm
Last updated 9 January, 2018 - 3:46am

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 9 January, 2018 - 3:46am login or register to post comments

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Moved from ID Request.
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Ah, I was right the first tim
Ah, I was right the first time. Thanks so much for the confirmation!
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