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Carpenter Bee ID? - Xylocopa sonorina - female

Carpenter Bee ID? - Xylocopa sonorina - Female
Tucson (Desert Museum), Pima County, Arizona, USA
October 9, 2011
Large, lumbering bee. I assume this is the Genus Xylocopa? Can the species be narrowed down? Is this male or female?

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Carpenter Bee ID? - Xylocopa sonorina - female Carpenter Bee ID? - Xylocopa sonorina

Moved

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Moved from ID Request.

Female, looks like either a x
Female, looks like either a xylocopa varipuncta or californica

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