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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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bumblebee from Dixiemaze farms - Xylocopa virginica
Copyright © 2013 Royal M. Tyler, Jr.

bumblebee from Dixiemaze farms - Xylocopa virginica
Dixie, Caddo Parish, Louisiana, USA
October 11, 2013

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Carpenter Bee from Dixiemaze farms - Xylocopa virginica bumblebee from Dixiemaze farms - Xylocopa virginica
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Contributed by Royal M. Tyler, Jr. on 12 October, 2013 - 10:56am
Last updated 4 June, 2014 - 1:30am

Moved
Moved from Eastern Carpenter Bee.
… John S. Ascher, 4 June, 2014 - 1:30am login or register to post comments

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… John S. Ascher, 12 October, 2013 - 8:08pm login or register to post comments

Xylocopa virginica? Big eyes
Xylocopa virginica? Big eyes and mostly smooth abdomen are indicators that this isn't a bumblebee, if that helps.
… Kelsey J.R.P. Byers, 12 October, 2013 - 3:03pm login or register to post comments

 
Interesting.
Interesting.Although that seems like a lot of hair on the abdomen compared to other Carpenter bees I have looked at today.
… Royal M. Tyler, Jr., 12 October, 2013 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

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