Xylocopa varipuncta

Taxobox
name = Valley carpenter bee

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image_width = 250px
image_caption = Male "Xylocopa varipuncta"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Hymenoptera
familia = Apidae
genus = "Xylocopa"
species = "X. varipuncta"
binomial = "Xylocopa varipuncta"
binomial_authority = Patton, 1879

The Valley carpenter bee, "Xylocopa varipuncta", is found in Southern California and north through the Central Valley. Females are a metallic black while males are gold with green eyes. These bees make their nests in hardwood and telephone poles.

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References

*Jerry A. Powell, Charles L. Hogue "California Insects" ISBN 0520037820