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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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Eastern carpenter bee, male (DIN231) Xylocopa virginica - Xylocopa virginica - male
Copyright © 2009 Fred Siskind

Eastern carpenter bee, male (DIN231) Xylocopa virginica - Xylocopa virginica - Male
Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
September 8, 2009
Size: 3/4"
Judging by other BugGuide photos, I believe this is the Xylocopa virginica (male?). Would appreciate confirmation. Adding frontal shot.

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Eastern carpenter bee, male (DIN231) Xylocopa virginica - Xylocopa virginica - male Eastern carpenter bee (DIN231) - Xylocopa virginica - male
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Contributed by Fred Siskind on 8 September, 2009 - 8:35am
Last updated 14 November, 2010 - 4:12pm

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 31 May, 2010 - 12:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Fred Siskind, 26 September, 2009 - 8:32am login or register to post comments

yes
a male
… John S. Ascher, 8 September, 2009 - 10:24am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
Thanks, appreciate the help.
… Fred Siskind, 8 September, 2009 - 4:59pm login or register to post comments

 
please decide the fate of this picture -- and act accordingly
there's no point in keeping IDed pictures in ID Request
… v belov, 25 September, 2009 - 11:40am login or register to post comments

 
Can't figure out how to move them
I've never done this before.

Per the instructions, I tagged both photos, then browsed to the Hymenoptera location, but there was no "move tagged items" that I could see. Help??
… Fred Siskind, 25 September, 2009 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
sure, Fred -- will gladly help
instructions have confused many a bugguider...
could you please drop me a word to vmarfus on gmail? thanks. =v=
… v belov, 25 September, 2009 - 3:59pm login or register to post comments

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