carpenter bee
Xylocopa latin

Like most members of the genus Xylocopa, it makes its nests in dead wood.

It is a mimic of Xylocopa carpenter bees.

Some species in the genus live in the brood colonies of Xylocopa bees.

They are mimics of Xylocopa bees.

Xylocopa alticola is a species of carpenter bee.

They are pollinated by a variety of bees, especially large female bees in genera such as Xylocopa.

X. clarionenis is thought to be most closely related to Xylocopa varipuncta.

Mating in Xylocopa virginica.

Carpenter bees, Xylocopa spp.

Xylocopini comprises a single genus, Xylocopa, and occurs on all continents except Antarctica.

Life of the carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica (Linn.)

"The natural history of Xylocopa teredo and Horia maculata.

"Identity of the Hawaiian carpenter bee of the genus Xylocopa (Hymenoptera)".

These flowers are visited by larger bees such as species of Xylocopa, which land on the hood-like ligule and forage underneath it for pollen.

Horia maculata was introduced to Hawaii to control Xylocopa but the beetles did not establish a stable population.

Male Territoriality in the Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica.

Carpenter bees (the genus Xylocopa in the subfamily Xylocopinae) are large bees distributed worldwide.

Other carpenter bees such as Xylocopa frontalis, as well as wasps, flower flies, and bumblebees visit the flowers.

"X. Monograph of the genus Xylocopa, Latr.

The carpenter bee Xylocopa brasilianorum is a common pollinator of cultivated trees in Rio de Janeiro, just outside the tree's native range.

In the eastern U.S., Xylocopa virginica overwinter as adults inside the same tunnels where they hatched that summer.

Melastoma affine is pollinated by bees, particularly Xylocopa bombylans, X. aff.

Xylocopa and the sunbirds are mostly found in the forest fringes, foraging on gap-phase plants though they move to the mature forest trees during flowering periods.

The common eastern carpenter bee, Xylocopa virginica, is the carpenter bee most often encountered in the eastern United States.

The tropical carpenter bee, Xylocopa latipes, is a species of carpenter bee widely dispersed throughout Southeast Asia.