- BIG ALL BLACK BEE HOW TO
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Xylocopa virginica krombeini is a Florida subspecies found from Sumter and Lake counties south to Dade County. The Eastern carpenter bee ( Xylocopa virginica) is found throughout Eastern US and North Florida.
BIG ALL BLACK BEE HOW TO
Photo courtesy of USGS Native Bee Inventory and Monitoring LaboratoryĬlick here for photos and more information on how to identify small carpenter bees.Ĭeratina are parthenogenetic, which means the female can produce female eggs without mating or fertilization.įlorida also has two species (and one subspecies) of large carpenter bees: Host plants are many including those in the aster and mint families.Ĭeratina cockerelli.
It is metallic blue and from 6 to 8 mm in size.
Ceratina dupla floridanus is a subspecies of the species Ceratina dupla, found in the eastern United States. Flower preferences include oakleaf fleabane ( Erigeron quercifolius)and blue-eyed grass ( Sisyrinchium rosulatum). It is the smallest of the species in Florida (from 3 to 4.5 mm) and is mostly black. Ceratina cockerelli is found throughout Florida and the eastern United States. There are two species of small carpenter bees that live in Florida: Small carpenter bees ( Ceratina spp.) are less than 8 mm long, and large carpenter bees ( Xylocopa spp.) are 20 mm or larger. IDENTIFICATIONĬarpenter bees are categorized by their size. Subfamily: Xylocopinae FORAGING PREFERENCESĬarpenter bees are generalists, thus they frequent dozens of genera of Florida wildflowers, including Amorpha, Asclepias, Aster, Bidens, Coreopsis, Erigeron, Eupatorium, Euphorbia, Geranium, Helenium, Monarda, Penstemon, Polygala, Sebatia, Scutellaria, Sida, Silphium, Smilax, Solidago, Stachys, Teucrium, Tradescantia, Verbesina, and Vernonia. Both are telltale signs of carpenter bees. Or they might hear a buzzing sound coming from within the hole. They may notice a hole that appears to have been drilled into unpainted wood around their homes with a sawdust pile beneath it. 
Many Floridians become familiar with carpenter bees by accident. Pictured above: Eastern carpenter bee ( Xylocopa virginica) on Spotted beebalm ( Monarda punctata) by Mary Keim.
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“Know your native pollinators” is a series of articles that will help you identify and appreciate Florida’s varied pollinators, including bees, wasps, butterflies, moths, beetles, flies, birds and bats.
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