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Huge Bee - Xylocopa mexicanorum - female
Copyright © 2007 Loren & Babs Padelford

Huge Bee - Xylocopa mexicanorum - Female
NABA Butterfly Park, Mission, TX, Hidalgo County, Texas, USA
December 22, 2006
Size: Approximately 1 1/8"
These are the biggest bees I've ever seen. Like Bumble Bee except they were very large and all black and fuzzy. Any help with ID appreciated.

Thanks,

Loren and Babs Padelford
Bellevue, NE

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Contributed by Loren & Babs Padelford on 2 January, 2007 - 7:28pm
Last updated 7 September, 2007 - 6:39pm

Xylocopa (Neoxylocopa) mexicanorum Cockerell, 1912
females
… John S. Ascher, 6 January, 2007 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

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