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Xylocopa latipes
Just perching on a leaf
National Orchid Garden, Singapore Botanic Gardens
Apidae, Xylocopinae, Xylocopini, Xylocopa sp. and looks like being Xylocopa latipes, probably the world largest bee!
According to this site there are 3 carpenter bee species found in Singapore:
http://iyb2010singapore.blogspot.ch/2010...
Xylocopa latipes:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/7212964@N0...
http://vespa-bicolor.net/main/solitary-b...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/32210430@N...
http://www.drkrishi.com/carpenter-bee
https://www.flickr.com/photos/ymuchomas/...
Xylocopa confusa:
http://collectionneurdinsectes.com/produ...
https://www.flickr.com/photos/fruitus/80...
Xylocopa caerulea:
http://www.discoverlife.org/mp/20q?searc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylocopa_c...
According to this site there might also be Xylocopa aestuans found in Singapore:
http://vespa-bicolor.net/main/solitary-b...
Xylocopa aestulans:
http://vespa-bicolor.net/main/solitary-b...
Finally there is in my eyes only one possibility left: Xylocopa latipes!