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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) » Arizona Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica arizonensis)
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Xylocopa mexicanorum. ? - Xylocopa californica - male
Copyright © 2022 David Thornburg

Xylocopa mexicanorum. ? - Xylocopa californica - Male
Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
May 16, 2022
Size: 28mm
Feeding on Paloverde tree

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Xylocopa mexicanorum. ? - Xylocopa californica - male Xylocopa mexicanorum. ? - Xylocopa californica - male Xylocopa mexicanorum. ? - Xylocopa californica - male Xylocopa mexicanorum. ? - Xylocopa californica - male
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Contributed by David Thornburg on 16 May, 2022 - 6:08pm
Last updated 11 July, 2022 - 6:00am

Moved
Moved from Large Carpenter Bees.
… John S. Ascher, 11 July, 2022 - 6:00am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… Bob Biagi, 17 May, 2022 - 8:21am login or register to post comments

Male
11 flagellomeres = ♂
I think that for the location, his dark-blue body coloring and the black wings should indicate some kind of Western Carpenter Bee. (probably Xylocopa californica arizonensis) Hold on for an expert.
… Bob Biagi, 17 May, 2022 - 8:20am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… David Thornburg, 16 May, 2022 - 9:57pm login or register to post comments

This one appears to be a male
This one appears to be a male, it has large eyes, thin mandibles, and no pollen-collecting hairs on the back legs.
… Hexapoda, 16 May, 2022 - 8:15pm login or register to post comments

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