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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 Xylocopoides (Xylocopa Subgenus Xylocopoides) » Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica) » Xylocopa virginica virginica
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Eastern Carpenter Bee on Tickseed Sunflower - Xylocopa virginica - male
Copyright © 2011 James Shelton

Eastern Carpenter Bee on Tickseed Sunflower - Xylocopa virginica - Male
Stone River Rd, Chesterfield County, Virginia, USA
September 19, 2011
This shows the Bees Yellow Face. This Carpenter Bee is male.

This Bee just hid under a flower for a long time before flying around.
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Contributed by James Shelton on 28 October, 2011 - 10:46pm
Last updated 7 March, 2014 - 6:39am

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 7 March, 2014 - 6:39am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Common Eastern Bumble Bee.
… James Shelton, 5 December, 2011 - 3:46pm login or register to post comments

These images are of the same individual?
This one looks more like a carpenter bee, as opposed to the bumble bee in the first photo
… Vespula Vulgaris, 5 December, 2011 - 2:31pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for ID'ing this.
… James Shelton, 5 December, 2011 - 3:58pm login or register to post comments

 
You are probably correct.
I took a lot of photos. I will unlink these.
… James Shelton, 5 December, 2011 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Looks like the Eastern Carpenter Bee.
It is a Large Carpenter Bee and matches this bee.
… James Shelton, 5 December, 2011 - 3:49pm login or register to post comments

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