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FEMALE VALLEY CARPENTER BEE - Syns:Xylocopa varipuncta, Xylocopa aeneipennis - Xylocopa sonorina - female
Copyright © 2020 PUBLIC DOMAIN. An attribution to Debbie Ballentine would be kind.

FEMALE VALLEY CARPENTER BEE - Syns:Xylocopa varipuncta, Xylocopa aeneipennis - Xylocopa sonorina - Female
San Jose, South Bay Area, San Francisco Bay Area County, California, USA
April 22, 2020
Size: Large
- Same specimen
- Also Honeybee (Apis linnaeus) in same photo

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FEMALE VALLEY CARPENTER BEE - Syns:Xylocopa varipuncta, Xylocopa aeneipennis - Xylocopa sonorina - female FEMALE VALLEY CARPENTER BEE - Syns:Xylocopa varipuncta, Xylocopa aeneipennis - Xylocopa sonorina - female FEMALE VALLEY CARPENTER BEE - Syns:Xylocopa varipuncta, Xylocopa aeneipennis - Xylocopa sonorina - female FEMALE VALLEY CARPENTER BEE - Syns:Xylocopa varipuncta, Xylocopa aeneipennis - Xylocopa sonorina - female
Contributed by Debbie Ballentine on 25 April, 2020 - 11:01pm
Last updated 1 May, 2020 - 2:39am

X. aeneipennis is not a synonym
Where did you get that idea?
… John S. Ascher, 1 May, 2020 - 2:40am

Moved
Moved from Carpenter Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 1 May, 2020 - 2:39am

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Bob Zuparko, 29 April, 2020 - 11:13am

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