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Xylocopa latipes
A large black Bee with flat abdomen and doesn't have a stinger needle.
A solitary bee usually found building its home in tree branch holes. Common in farm lands, populated areas, lowland and highland forest.
Thanks for the ID Ate Agnes, thanks also LeanneGardner, AxuNguyen and the others who likes it.
I think it's a Carpenter Bee, Shekai. It makes nests by tunneling into wood (hence the name "Carpenter" bee). Males do not have stinger.
Great series! All the photos are great, maybe the third one I like the most.
Spotted on Feb 5, 2013
Submitted on Feb 7, 2013
