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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 Schonnherria (Xylocopa Subgenus Schonnherria) » Southern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa micans)
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ID for a Florida panhandle blue-black bee? - Xylocopa micans - female
Copyright © 2012 nvhamlett@gmail.com

ID for a Florida panhandle blue-black bee? - Xylocopa micans - Female
Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida, USA
August 7, 2012
These fat blue-black bees were visiting flowers along the Wet Prairie Trail in the Tarkiln Bayou Preserve State Park. The general aspect reminded me of a carpenter bee, and I wondered if it might be the Southern Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa micans. Any information will be greatly appreciated!

Several of these bees were in the same general area, and I think I have the photos correctly sorted into individuals. Here is another seen at the same time:

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Contributed by nvhamlett@gmail.com on 10 August, 2012 - 5:55pm
Last updated 24 April, 2017 - 5:49pm

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Moved from Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 11 August, 2012 - 8:22pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
Thanks for the confirmation! This seems to be a common bee in the southeast, but this is the first report in Escambia County for BugGuide. In fact, this is only the second bee of any sort reported for this county. I will keep trying to add more as I get the opportunity.
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