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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
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

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 12 October, 2013 - 8:08pm

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

 
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

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