Xylocopa violacea
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| Xylocopa violacea | |
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| Female X. violacea robbing nectar | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Suborder: | Apocrita |
| Superfamily: | Apoidea |
| Family: | Apidae |
| Subfamily: | Xylocopinae |
| Genus: | Xylocopa |
| Species: | X. violacea |
| Binomial name | |
| Xylocopa violacea (Linnaeus, 1758) |
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Xylocopa violacea, the violet carpenter bee, [1] is the common European species of carpenter bee, and one of the largest bees in Europe. Like most members of the genus Xylocopa, it makes its nests in dead wood.
It is not particularly aggressive and will attack only if forced to. It is sometimes mistaken for the European hornet.
[edit] References
- ^ McCarthy, Michael (2007), "Honey monster: watch out for the violet carpenter bee", The Independent
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