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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) » Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
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Bee or mimic? - Xylocopa virginica - male
Copyright © 2020 skoobadooba

Bee or mimic? - Xylocopa virginica - Male
Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida, USA
March 10, 2020
I caught this fella last week and got very excited that I might have a bee mimic, but I’m not sure. It could just be a good ol’ fashioned bumble bee. Help me out please!
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Contributed by skoobadooba on 15 March, 2020 - 9:32pm

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… Bob Biagi, 15 March, 2020 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

Male
This looks like a male Carpenter Bee, probably eastern. Does he have a white face?
… Bob Biagi, 15 March, 2020 - 9:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Cool!
Yes he does! I was hoping it was a mimic but I don’t have a carpenter bee in my collection yet either! Thanks for your help! ☺️
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