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Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

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BethAngermeier
BethAngermeier 11 years ago

Thanks so much for the ID :)

Jacob Gorneau
Jacob Gorneau 11 years ago

Beautiful! Xylocopa virginica looks like it to me!

Maria dB
Maria dB 11 years ago

nice spotting!

BethAngermeier
BethAngermeier 11 years ago

Thank you, dedes. The varipuncta sounds like it's from our West coast - and the violacea is European, I believe. This spotting was in Evansville, IN. Hopefully someone will identify it soon :)

dedes
dedes 11 years ago

maybe this Xylocopa varipuncta or Xylocopa violacea!

btw nice spotting..

BethAngermeier
Spotted by
BethAngermeier

Evansville, Indiana, USA

Spotted on Apr 1, 2012
Submitted on Apr 2, 2012

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