Image: Southern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa micans) ♀ (7995162522)

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Description: A female southern carpenter bee nectaring on white twinevine in the local cypress swamp. This big beautiful buzzer is considered a solitary bee and is a useful pollinator. It's the less common of the two Florida species of carpenter bees. The males look completely different! (I'm getting a bit backlogged on bees so it may be buzzing around here for awhile.)
Title: Southern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa micans) ♀ (7995162522)
Credit: Southern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa micans) ♀ Uploaded by Jacopo Werther
Author: Bob Peterson from North Palm Beach, Florida, Planet Earth!
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