Carpenter Bee 1

by Linda Brody

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Carpenter Bee 1

Artist

Linda Brody

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Photograph - Photography

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Carpenter Bee working on a Purple Morning Glory flower.

Carpenter bees are large, sturdy, shiny, black-colored bees, some species having yellow markings on their heads. Carpenter bees may be mistaken for bumblebees. Carpenter bees (the genus Xylocopa in the subfamily Xylocopinae) are large bees found around the entire planet. Some 500 species of carpenter bees are in the 31 subgenera.

Their common name derives from the behavior of nearly all species to build their nests in burrows in dead wood, bamboo, or structural timbers (except those in the subgenus Proxylocopa, which nest in the ground).

The marginal cell in the front wing is thin and stretched and the apex bends away from the costa. The front wing has small stigmata. The bee's labrum is concealed by the short mandibles when closed. The clypeus is flat. The thoracic menanotum is presented upright and is part of the rear surface and is almost perpendicular to the dorsal surface. The basitarsi are of the same length as the associated tibiae, and the hind pair of basitarsi is hirsute.

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August 16th, 2016

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