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Valley Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina)
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Copyright © 2011
Ray Lemke
Carpenter Bee ID? -
Xylocopa sonorina
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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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Contributed by
Ray Lemke
on 21 October, 2011 - 10:39am
Last updated 11 February, 2014 - 9:48am
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John S. Ascher
, 11 February, 2014 - 9:49am
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John S. Ascher
, 21 October, 2011 - 9:09pm
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Female, looks like either a x
Female, looks like either a xylocopa varipuncta or californica
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, 21 October, 2011 - 12:41pm
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