Photo 1889630, (c) Marguerite K Goodwin, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Marguerite K Goodwin

Attribution © Marguerite K Goodwin
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Uploaded by justcennet justcennet
Source iNaturalist
Associated observations

Photos / Sounds

What

Eastern Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)

Observer

justcennet

Date

May 2015

Place

Ohio, US (Google, OSM)

Description

After a heavy rain shower, bee climbed from under petals of Dame's Rocket (invasive). Wet & lethargic, bee crawled onto the flower, began to feed, in about 3 minutes, activity increased, & flew off to forage in immediate area.

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