Xylocopa virginica Linnaeus, 1771 var. virginica 

Eastern Carpenter Bee
Large Carpenter Bee

Florida native

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The virginica subspecies of the eastern carpenter bee is found across north Florida and south into the central peninsula. The range extends through most of the eastern United States west into Texas to Nebraska.
The Xylocopa genus of large carpenter bees resemble bumble bees in size and general appearance. Eastern carpenter bees - X. virginica - have a black hairless abdomen and a fuzzy yellow thorax.

Xylocopa virginica is a member of the Apidae - Bumble bees, Honey bees, and other bees family.

Other species of the Xylocopa genus in the Wild Florida Photo database:
  Xylocopa micans - SOUTHERN CARPENTER BEE

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Date record last modified: Dec 13, 2023