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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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Xylocopa varipuncta - Xylocopa sonorina - female
Copyright © 2006 Hartmut Wisch

Xylocopa varipuncta - Xylocopa sonorina - Female
Pasadena, CA, Los Angeles County, California, USA
May 8, 2006
Size: 20mm
On a Phlomis lanata, in my garden, rubbing the base of its abdomen against the 'woolly' flowers.
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Contributed by Hartmut Wisch on 8 May, 2006 - 6:23pm
Last updated 5 May, 2007 - 1:15pm

Shape
I meant THIS bee reminds me of what I posted last night. The length looks right, but color is not dark blue.
… Peter Colen, 24 July, 2015 - 4:33am login or register to post comments

Is this California Carpenter Bee?
I'm asking because of the black wings.
… Ron Hemberger, 5 May, 2007 - 1:34am login or register to post comments

 
Hi Ron,
the common name for this one is Valley Carpenter Bee (black body, wings with bronzy reflections). X. californica is the California Carpenter Bee (body metallic green or blue); I have yet to post a couple from last week at Eaton Canyon.
… Hartmut Wisch, 5 May, 2007 - 12:20pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks for the clarification.
I now think I have one with the wrong ID and can't figure out how that happened. Someone moved it here:
… Ron Hemberger, 5 May, 2007 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

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