Posts Tagged: male carpenter bee
Meet the Mountain Boy

I call him the Mountain Boy. A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, appeared in our...
A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, on a geranium in Vacaville, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
A male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, peers over a geranium petal in Vacaville, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Peek-a-bee! A close-up of a male carpenter bee, Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex, on a geranium in Vacaville, Calif., on Feb. 27, 2020. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Touchdown!

Insects love the lavender. Think honey bees, syrphids, and carpenter bees. The noisiest are the...
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Nectaring Lavender