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Home » Guide » 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
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Bee on the lupine at 4,500 ft - Xylocopa californica
Copyright © 2018 Cynthia A Griffin

Bee on the lupine at 4,500 ft - Xylocopa californica
4,500 feet...no actual city but within Pioneer boundries., Amador County, California, USA
June 1, 2018
I think this is a carpenter bee but I'm not sure.
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Contributed by Cynthia A Griffin on 9 June, 2018 - 1:00am
Last updated 10 June, 2018 - 4:54am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 10 June, 2018 - 4:54am login or register to post comments

Other things to look for with
Other things to look for with Xylocopa besides size are also a shiny abdomen (vs haired in a bumblebee) and large eyes.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 9 June, 2018 - 12:54pm login or register to post comments

 
Western Carpenter Bee
Thank you!
… Cynthia A Griffin, 9 June, 2018 - 6:19pm login or register to post comments

Possible Western Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa californica
Looks a lot like Western Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa californica. Size and wing color are some identifiers.
… Susan Hare, 9 June, 2018 - 10:55am login or register to post comments

 
thank you
for confirming...that's what I thought.
… Cynthia A Griffin, 9 June, 2018 - 11:46am login or register to post comments

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