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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 - Xylocopa virginica - female
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - Female
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
October 15, 2005
Can anyone tell me why sometimes their eyes are greenish and other times they are jet black? Is this just a lighting thing?

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Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female Eastern Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - female
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 23 December, 2005 - 7:19am
Last updated 22 July, 2011 - 5:11pm

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 22 July, 2011 - 5:11pm login or register to post comments

Figured it out
The males have the green eyes, females are black.
… Lynette Elliott, 23 December, 2005 - 7:55am login or register to post comments

 
Females vs. Males.
Males also have LARGER eyes, and a bright, white or yellow "upper lip." This is a terrific portrait!
… Eric R. Eaton, 27 December, 2005 - 3:39pm login or register to post comments

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