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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) » Xylocopa virginica virginica
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Bumble Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female
Copyright © 2008 erica

Bumble Bee - Xylocopa virginica - Female
Wake Forest, North Carolina, USA
July 26, 2006
Hello. I know these images are bumble bees, but I was wondering if I could get a more specific classification and any ideas on how to tell the gender if I can from the photos. Thanks!

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Bumble Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female Bumble Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female Bumble Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female
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Contributed by erica on 13 July, 2008 - 10:31am
Last updated 3 September, 2011 - 10:01am

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 22 July, 2011 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

Eastern Carpenter Bee
Not a bumble bee, but the similar-looking, but not closely related, Xylocopa virginica - the Eastern Carpenter Bee, compare such images as:

Note the naked abdomen--I think bumble bees usually have fuzzy abdomens. Also, the Carpenter Bee is much larger than most bumble bees.
… Cotinis, 13 July, 2008 - 10:50am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks! I have corrected this
Thanks! I have corrected this on my website and added credit to you for helping me ID it :)
… erica, 15 July, 2008 - 12:53pm login or register to post comments

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