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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 Neoxylocopa (Xylocopa Subgenus Neoxylocopa) » Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina)
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Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipunctata)-male? - Xylocopa sonorina - male
Copyright © 2005 GMcD

Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipunctata)-male? - Xylocopa sonorina - Male
Gilbert (suburb of Phoenix), Maricopa County, Arizona, USA
August 13, 2005
Size: 2-3 inches
This one shows the same bee with a "regular" bee just behind it (luckily) to provide a small amount of scale.

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Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipunctata)-male? - Xylocopa sonorina - male Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipunctata)-male? - Xylocopa sonorina - male Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipunctata)-male? - Xylocopa sonorina - male Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa varipunctata)-male? - Xylocopa sonorina - male
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Contributed by GMcD on 29 September, 2005 - 10:53pm
Last updated 17 January, 2006 - 6:47pm

Yes.
Your identification is right on the mark! Thanks for sharing these images. This is not an oft-photographed species.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 September, 2005 - 11:21am login or register to post comments

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