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Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

Description:

Our common carpenter bee. Looks like a bumblebee with dramatic milky green eyes.

Habitat:

Common visitor locally to many flowers, seems particularly fond of giant blue hyssop. Shown here on passionflower.

Notes:

Photo taken at the Pollinator Paradise garden at Chatham Mills.

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ursulav
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ursulav

Pittsboro, North Carolina, USA

Spotted on Sep 24, 2012
Submitted on Dec 24, 2013

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