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Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - male
Copyright © 2008 Juliet Eicholzer

Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - Male
Point Judith, Rhode Island, USA
April 25, 2008
Size: 1 inch
This bee was hovering and I was able to take this shot
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Contributed by Juliet Eicholzer on 21 September, 2008 - 8:39am
Last updated 23 July, 2011 - 12:31pm

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 23 July, 2011 - 12:31pm login or register to post comments

Male Xylocopa virginica.
Females don't hover like this. From the front he should have a white face:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 21 September, 2008 - 11:44pm login or register to post comments

Can't help with ID...
but I did crop this image a little...

Can't really get any tighter than this without pixellating the image.
… Ron M., 21 September, 2008 - 9:48am login or register to post comments

Looks like a carpenter bee to me, too
going by the shiny abdomen.

Nice image, but for ID purposes, please crop all your shots to show as much detail of the creature as possible. Only editors can see the full-size images you submit. You could add a cropped image to this one if you prefer not to replace it.
… Hannah Nendick-Mason, 21 September, 2008 - 9:01am login or register to post comments

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