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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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Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - male
Copyright © 2012 Eugene Shelar

Carpenter Bee - Xylocopa virginica - Male
Lexington, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
June 1, 2012
Size: 1 inch plus
I presume this is a common male Eastern Carpenter Bee, is that right? It hovered and hovered in one spot on our back deck (wood)
for days and days, so we finally decided to try a shot of it.
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Contributed by Eugene Shelar on 11 August, 2012 - 8:33am
Last updated 11 August, 2012 - 10:06am

Meet your twin

The two images area different enough to know that you didn't steal it :) But the similarities are extraordinary.
… Beatriz Moisset, 13 August, 2012 - 6:40pm login or register to post comments

 
Our Twins
How funny! Guess this shows that carpenter bee males generally "pose" alike. It approached but wasn't threatening because he never tried to bump into me. I've since read that these bees are both curious and near-sighted so that they come close to figure out what they're looking at. Don't know if that's really true but that's how he behaved.
… Eugene Shelar, 13 August, 2012 - 7:12pm login or register to post comments

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