Posts Tagged: Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex
Love at First Flight
Spring has definitely sprung.The carpenter bees (Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex) of the Central...
Two male carpenter bees, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, with a female on salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peek-a-bee: A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, peeking through salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of female carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Pollen-Packin' Carpenter Bee
Carpenter bees pack pollen, too.A carpenter bee (Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex) visiting our gaura...
Packing Pollen
Upside Down
Ol' Blue Eyes
It wasn't the Battle of the Sexes. It was the Battle of the Males. I spotted two male...
Ol' Blue Eyes
Ol' Green Eyes