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Location
Argentina
Caption
This is an adult female bee in the genus Xylocopa. There are a number of species in this genus, we're not sure which one this bee belongs too. These are "carpenter bees," they use their big mandibles to dig out nest tunnels in solid wood.
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- Live Animal
- Type
- Photo
- Life Stages And Gender
- Adult/Sexually Mature
- Anatomy
- Female
- Anatomy
- Body Parts :: Mandibles
- Anatomy
- Body Parts :: Eyes
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Luis Cesar Tejo (photographer; copyright holder; identification)
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Class Insecta insects
- Order Hymenoptera
- Superfamily Apoidea
Related Taxa
- Species Ammophila procera
- Species Apis mellifera honey bee
- Genus Bombus
- Species Chalybion californicum
- Family Halictidae halictid bees, sweat bees
- Species Megachile latimanus leafcutting bee
- Species Megachile rotundata alfalfa leafcutting bee
- Species Sphecius speciosus cicada killer
- Species Xylocopa virginica carpenter bee
To cite this page: Tejo, L.2006. "bee.jpg" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed December 22, 2024 at https://animaldiversity.org/collections/contributors/luis_tejo/bee/
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