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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) » Texas Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica texana)
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giant bee - Xylocopa virginica
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giant bee - Xylocopa virginica
Highland Haven, Burnet County, Texas, USA
April 18, 2014
There was a pair of these very large bees, close to the size of a hummingbird, enjoying some tennis ball-sized Antler Horn flowers. They had green eyes with speckles and a bottle-green rear end. They buzzed me but that was it. Thanks for telling me what kind they are...Denise K.

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