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Xylocopa sp.
Large bee (about 3-4 cm long), looks black but its iridiscent. Its foraging on passion flowers (maracuyá); the flowers are about 5 cm in diameter. Check the back of the insects with lots of pollen.
On forests, but I spotted this at my parents house in the suburbs. These was on a maracuyá (passion fruit, originated from Brazil) wine which outgrowed an orange tree. I have seen smaller xylocopinae pollinating smaller (wild) passion flower species on the coastal scrublands of Yucatán.
I was at the roof making photos and could see that these insects came from very far. I had a 35 mm by the time with a poor zoom, these actually are scanned and cropped pictures.
Spotted on May 4, 2000
Submitted on May 4, 2012
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I love the film on this! Gorgeous :)