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Large Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica

Large Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica
Ankeny, Polk County, Iowa, USA
May 11, 2017
Size: 1.5 inch
Large bees, all with their own holes in the support beams of an old farm shed. They spend quite a bit of time challenging one another in air duels of some sort. Many found dead in the area. Have been around since early spring.

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Moved from ID Request.

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