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Meet a Carpenter Bee

Meet a carpenter bee. This one (below) is a male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, as...
Male mountain or foothill carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, on salvia. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Close-up of male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)