#xylocopa — Public Fediverse posts

Wildbienen sind meistens klein und dunkel gefärbt. Diese ist zwar auch dunkel, aber riesig: Eine Blauschwarze Holzbiene labt sich an unserem Muskatellersalbei. Ihr Rücken ist mit hellgelbem Pollen eingestaubt.

#Wildbiene #Holzbiene #Salviasclarea #Salvia #Fotografie #Natur #Garten #Inseken #Xylocopa #Xylocopaviolacea #violetcarpenterbee #bee #apidae #photography #nature #insects #garden

Carpenter vs. carpenter!

Today I spotted a carpenter bee (_Xylocopa_) with a disembodied carpenter ant (_Camponotus_) head still latched on to its leg! (Circled in second photo if you can't see it.)

#bugstodon #insects #bees #ants • #Hymenoptera #Apidae #Xylocopa #Formicidae #Camponotus

@walli

It's really beautiful and a lovely photo, but this one's a #bee. I think it's a carpenter bee in the genus #Xylocopa. Depending on where the photo was taken, it's probably possible to identify the species.

#Apidae #entomology

Violet Carpenter bee, Xylocopa violacea Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/ 5 1/320 iso:160 Prague, Czech Republic 7/31/2023 #Apidae #Xylocopa #CarpenterBee #Hymenoptera #Insects #invertebrates #macro #grasslands

Splay-footed Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa valga Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/4 1/400 iso: 125 Celakovice-Jirina, Czech Republic 9/3/2021 #CarpenterBees #Bees #Hymenoptera #SolitaryBees #Xylocopa #bees #insects #invertebrae #grassland #macro

Violet Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa violacea Canon 7D EFS 60 2.8 f/2.8 1/320 iso: 500 Prague, Czech Republic September 2, 2021 #bees #Xylocopa #carpenterbees #Hymenoptera #Apidae #pollinators #insects #invertebrates #macro

Our largest #bee, the Eastern carpenter #Bee (#Xylocopa verginica ssp. virginica) is well-known to those in proximity to outdoor wooden structures. Females carve out long tunnels underneath protected wood, e.g. porch rails, eaves.

Males emerge first in Spring. Territorial, they will fly right at you! Harmless to us.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/129009312

#InverteFest2022 #InverteFest #Macro #Photography #Photos #Insects #iNaturalist #FlowerVisitors #Pollinators #Apidae #Bees #Anthophila #Hymenoptera

Up close and personal with this Broad-handed Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa latipes) at Pulau Ubin, Singapore, on 26 Oct 2019. It kept returning to this perch so only some patient waiting was needed to get the shots.

A large solitary bee, it isn't aggressive and as long as you don't threaten it (like waving and attempting to smack it), it will rather just fly around you.

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #insects #Bees #CarpenterBees #Xylocopa

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34903115 ].