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Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa tabaniformis
Copyright © 2011 Jim Moore

Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa tabaniformis
In Westwood - elevation 5100ft, Lassen County, California, USA
July 27, 2009
Size: Body length 16mm
Female (?) Subspecies Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex.

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Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa tabaniformis Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa tabaniformis
Contributed by Jim Moore on 20 June, 2011 - 12:52pm
Last updated 1 September, 2020 - 2:51pm

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