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Subspecies Xylocopa virginica virginica

ID please - Xylocopa virginica - male Xylacopa virginica - Xylocopa virginica What Kind of Bee is this? - Xylocopa virginica Is this a very large bumble bee or an eastern carpenter bee? - Xylocopa virginica Carpenter bee? - Xylocopa virginica - female St. Andrews Xylocopa maybe 2022 2 - Xylocopa virginica - female Xylocopa virginica? - Xylocopa virginica - female Bumble Bee? - Xylocopa virginica - male
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)
No Taxon (Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees)
Family Apidae (Cuckoo, Carpenter, Digger, Bumble, and Honey Bees)
Subfamily Xylocopinae (Carpenter and Small carpenter Bees)
Genus Xylocopa (Large Carpenter Bees)
No Taxon (Subgenus Xylocopoides)
Species virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee)
Subspecies virginica (Xylocopa virginica virginica)
Explanation of Names
Xylocopa virginica Linnaeus, 1771
Range
Widely distributed in US (northeast, midwest, south), including in some portions of FL and TX (additional subspecies also occur in FL and TX).
Remarks
Common to see in aerial mating behavior in early spring. Sometimes considered a pest for boring holes in buildings.
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