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Xylocopa sp.
large, about 1.5", purple iridescent wings
rainforest, wooden structures
I think this is a carpenter bee. It was boring into the wood above my mosquito net at Uncle Tan's Wildlife camp. I would shake off the wood chips often but it wouldn't take long to accumulate a new pile.
Spotted on Feb 18, 2002
Submitted on May 18, 2011
4 Comments
Thanks Kristal, they were definitely hard at work.
Looks like those carpenter bees were hard at work! I don't know what species are in Malaysia, but it is definitely in the genus Xylocopa.
It is a carpenter Bee, Definitely We have one boring into our stairs
What a nuisance those little critters are! We use the slang term "wood-borers". But, carpenter bees is correct!