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Xylocopa tabaniformis
Closely resembling bumblebees, they lack the fuzziness of the typical bumblebee's abdomen.
On mealy blue sage in wildlife habitat yard.
Due to their large size, carpenter bees cannot enter tubelike blossoms such as sage, so they slit the base of corolla, a practice known as “robbing the nectar” (without pollinating the flower).
Spotted on Apr 29, 2013
Submitted on May 2, 2013
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