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Large black bee on a Doctorbush flower - Xylocopa tabaniformis - female
Copyright © 2011 Stanley

Large black bee on a Doctorbush flower - Xylocopa tabaniformis - Female
Harlingen, Cameron County, Texas, USA
November 18, 2009
Size: ca. 2.5 cm
The plant its on is Plumbago scandens.
Contributed by Stanley on 7 January, 2011 - 2:32pm
Last updated 3 September, 2011 - 9:23am

Xylocopa tabaniformis
Thanks John! I greatly appreciate it. Its flattish abdomen looked Carpenter beeish but I have never seen one with stripes. Cheers! Stanley
… Stanley, 7 January, 2011 - 4:26pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 7 January, 2011 - 4:06pm

Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae
female
… John S. Ascher, 7 January, 2011 - 4:06pm

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