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Project Noah Nature School
Xylocopa violacea
Large, blue-black coloured bee. Body length up to 22mm.
Mostly open terrain, plenty of flowers.
Spotted on Feb 9, 2011
Submitted on Jul 22, 2011
9 Comments
3 new photos added, first photo is original spotting.
I think I may have a carpenter bee in one of my unknown spottings..can you guys confirm? now that I see this one I think it may also be one:
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/624...
I'm actually just East of there, but not that far. It is a nice area to be in.
where you live! :) Faro seems pretty!
Where I live or the bee? :) It is a nice place for a holiday, and a great place to live.
what a pretty place to live! never been there, but it sure is a good place for a holiday
:) there is a carpenter bee in my garden too, usually visiting the butterfly bush, the rose of sharon and the hollyhocks
Yes, on a bouganvillea bush. I've seen them flying around a lot (they usually make me duck!) but this was the first time I managed to get close enough to one to take a photo.
On Bougainnvilla