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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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type of bee? - Xylocopa virginica
Copyright © 2012 Nancy Glickman

type of bee? - Xylocopa virginica
Lavendar Fields, near Yancey County, North Carolina, USA
September 22, 2012
Size: 3/4ths inch
very large bee - anyone know a specific ID?
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Contributed by Nancy Glickman on 27 September, 2012 - 5:42am
Last updated 7 March, 2014 - 6:37am

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 7 March, 2014 - 6:37am login or register to post comments

Thanks to everyone for the as
Thanks to everyone for the assistance!
… Nancy Glickman, 27 September, 2012 - 6:01pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Keng-Lou James Hung, 27 September, 2012 - 10:29am login or register to post comments

Genus Xylocopa - Large Carpen
Genus Xylocopa - Large Carpenter Bees http://bugguide.net/node/view/3508
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