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Xylocopa virginica
Large, chunky bee with a shiny black abdomen and a fuzzy yellow thorax with a black spot in the center.
Called carpenters because they bore extensive tunnels in dead wood (as well as house sidings and decks) as nests for their eggs. The female lays an egg in the tunnel after supplying stores of pollen for the larva to eat. She seals it all up and the larva overwinters in relative safety.
Spotted on Apr 26, 2016
Submitted on Apr 26, 2016
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