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Carpenter bees can be important pollinators on open-faced flowers, even obligate pollinators on some, such as the maypop (Passiflora incarnata), though many species are also known to "rob" nectar by slitting the sides of flowers with deep corollas.
Spotted on Sep 9, 2014
Submitted on Sep 9, 2014
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In the last picture it has it's head inside the slit corolla.