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Common Eastern carpenter bee

Xylocopa virginica

Description:

They can be important pollinators, especially of open-faced flowers, though they are also known to "rob" nectar by boring holes in the sides of flowers with deep corollas (thus not accomplishing pollination).

Habitat:

Mason Farm Biological Reserve

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Maria dB
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Maria dB

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Oct 5, 2013
Submitted on Oct 31, 2013

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