Tropical Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa latipes
This large tropical bee inhabits forest edges, gardens, plantations, and other warm areas with suitable dead wood or bamboo for nesting. Adults visit flowers for nectar and collect pollen to provision individual brood chambers. Females excavate long tunnels in wood with powerful jaws, while males often patrol flowers and nesting areas. Its loud flight buzz and broad, dark wings make it especially conspicuous.
- Type
- Wing
- Conservation status
- NE
Growth chain
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- Tropical Carpenter Bee