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Carpenter bee

Xylocopa sp

Description:

Some kind of Carpenter bee that was on its back for unknown reasons, it flew before I could get a better picture of it.

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2 Comments

ArturoOrtiz
ArturoOrtiz 10 years ago

Thanks Juan, probably Xylocopa nautlana?,
http://eol.org/pages/329044/maps
http://moure.cria.org.br/catalogue?id=33...
(because of the location), I'm at 80 kilometers from Nautla river.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

This is a Male Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sp)

ArturoOrtiz
Spotted by
ArturoOrtiz

Mexico

Spotted on Feb 20, 2014
Submitted on Feb 20, 2014

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