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Large Carpenter Bee · Xylocopa violacea
A large black bee with shiny violet-blue wings that nests in dead wood.
The large carpenter bee is a big, black bee with dark, shiny violet-blue wings. Females bore tunnels into dead wood to make their nests, which can damage wooden structures.
Photo: Bea.miau, CC0.
