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#1 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted January 15 2015 - 11:31 PM

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Is this some kind of carpenter bee or something that died as a callow or something? That hole is where some kind of bumblebee or carpenter bee has moved out of (or) died. Is this the same species that just died as a callow?



#2 Offline drtrmiller - Posted January 16 2015 - 12:55 AM

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The wings appear fully scleritized, so I would not think this was a "callow" anything.  Such terms don't really apply to insects other than ants.

 

I think this may be the male reproductive caste, but someone with a background in bees would know much more definitively than I.




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#3 Offline James C. Trager - Posted January 16 2015 - 4:12 AM

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Apid bee.


Edited by James C. Trager, January 16 2015 - 4:18 AM.


#4 Offline James C. Trager - Posted January 16 2015 - 4:18 AM

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This is a bee in family Apidae, probably Centris, Anthophora or relative. Most are greyish, or more bumble bee-ish - Nice color.


Edited by James C. Trager, January 16 2015 - 4:20 AM.


#5 Offline Mercutia - Posted January 16 2015 - 6:27 AM

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Omg. So cute and fluffeh.



#6 Offline Gregory2455 - Posted January 16 2015 - 12:57 PM

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He/she was stepped on or something when found, died the next day. Note the flattened gaster. It obviously was not a person, because the size of this thing would have crushed it under a person. I have a feeling my cat got to it.

#7 Offline AntsAreUs - Posted January 16 2015 - 2:21 PM

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Wow that is an awsome looking bee. Hmmm, it appears I forgot to spell awsome? Can I get some help?



#8 Offline LAnt - Posted January 16 2015 - 4:35 PM

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Is it really necessary to ask how to spell "awesome" And no you can't get some help.
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#9 Offline Connectimyrmex - Posted December 17 2016 - 10:47 AM

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Its a male carpenter bee! nice find!


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#10 Offline gcsnelling - Posted December 17 2016 - 11:15 AM

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Yup male Xylocopa varipuncta, the gold color is typical of the males of this species.


Edited by gcsnelling, December 17 2016 - 11:16 AM.





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