Scientific Name: Xylocopa sp.
Family: Apidae
Native Range:
Size: Large, 13 -30mm, (0.5 – 1.25 in)*
Nest: Excavated with mandibles in wood, plant stems*
Nest Lining: Sawdust (plant stems)*
Active: Mid-summer -fall*
Color and Appearance: Black with yellow hairs, bumble bee-like, robust, hairy thorax, shiny black abdomen*
Pollen Collection: Scopae hind legs*
Flight Distance: ~ 1 mile, 1.6 km*
*From Heather Holm, Pollinators of Native Plants: Attract, Observe and Identify Pollinators and Beneficial Insects with Native Plants. Minetonka: Pollination Press, LLC, 2014., p. 267.
Carpenter Bee on Highbush Blueberry 
Carpenter Bee on Coral Honeysuckle 
Carpenter Been and Syrphid Fly on Passion Flower 
Carpenter Bee on Passion Flower 
Carpenter Bee on Butterfly Bush 
Carpenter Bee on Butterfly Bush