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Black bee - Xylocopa - female
Copyright © 2018 df389w

Black bee - Xylocopa - Female
Tampa, Pinellas County, Florida, USA
February 25, 2018
Size: @2cm
Photographed in dry wooded trail
Contributed by df389w on 13 March, 2018 - 7:36pm
Last updated 17 March, 2018 - 2:01am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 14 March, 2018 - 12:17am

Xylocopa
Could be X. mexicanorum, introduced from S Texas or Mexico, or perhaps X. mordax introduced from the Greater Antilles.

Critical ID is necessary.

Please try to obtain a series of specimens of both sexes.
… John S. Ascher, 13 March, 2018 - 8:00pm

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