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Oxaea flavescens
Oxaea cf. flavescens.
Urbanized area (garden)
Spotted on Jul 15, 2015
Submitted on Jul 15, 2015
8 Comments
Machi and JuanDiTrani, a friend was able to identify the bee as the Oxaea genre! You can see here: http://www.insetologia.com.br/2015/07/ab...
LOL! What a mess ... hahah ! You're right Machi :)!!! Thank you JuanDiTrani.
It's always good to get the opinion of an expert. Now we've both learned something :)
Hi Tamara. This is not a Carpenter bee, probably is a Ptiloglossa bee
It's great to learn more Machi. Thanks!
Carpenter bees are bees in the subfamily Xylocopinae. Genus Ceratina are also considered carpenter bees, but I don't think this is one of those.
Thanks Machi...I didn't know!!! Here, both are known as "mamangava" , which translates to "bumblebee". It's very good to know! Is carpenter bee only to Xylocopa genus?!
This isn't a bumblebee; they have hairy abdomens. I think this is a carpenter bee instead