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Western Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa californica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in California.January 271, February 234, March 244, April 303, May 294, June 216, July 185, August 189, September 239, October 245, November 314, December 242.
United States9,709
California2,977
Texas937
Arizona737
New Mexico324
Utah248
Nevada158
Mexico76
Oregon29
Coahuila de Zaragoza27

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Behavioral

  • EusocialLives in colonies with division of labor and cooperative brood careFrom its classification

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyHoney Bees, Bumble Bees, and Allies · Apidae
GenusLarge Carpenter Bees · Xylocopa

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