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Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee

xylocopa tabaniformis

The Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee is a large, buzzing insect that loves to visit flowers. With its shiny body and powerful wings, it can fly really fast and is important for pollinating plants!

Lebensraum: They live in gardens, woodlands, and areas with plenty of flowers.

Aussehen

The Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee is a large, robust bee often mistaken for a horsefly due to its dark, somewhat hairy body and relatively broad head. It typically has a black or dark metallic blue-green body with smoky wings, lacking the bright yellow stripes common in many other bees.

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Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee
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Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee

Kategorie

Insekten

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Adult Horse-Fly Carpenter Bees can live for over a year, surviving through winter by hibernating!

Male Horse-Fly Carpenter Bees cannot sting, so you can watch them buzz safely from afar!

These amazing bees get their name 'carpenter' because they build impressive, custom nests inside wood!

They don't eat the wood they tunnel into; it's just a cozy, custom-built home for their babies!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Wood Architect

Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee can tunnel into wood because of its powerful mandibles that helps them create safe, custom nests for their young.

Fähigkeit

Super Pollinator

Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee has fuzzy bodies that helps them efficiently carry pollen between flowers, playing a vital role in plant reproduction.

Fähigkeit

Buzz Vibration

Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee can 'buzz' certain flowers using sonication, that helps them release stubborn pollen for collection.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
30-50 mm
Größe
15-25 mm
Lebenserwartung
30-365 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These bees drink nectar from flowers for energy and collect pollen to feed their growing babies.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae feed on stored pollen and nectar, while adults consume nectar and pollen directly from flowers.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Cercis canadensis nectar
  • Passiflora incarnata nectar
  • Wisteria sinensis nectar

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Eastern Redbud

Cercis canadensis

An important pollinator for this native flowering tree.

pollinates

Purple Passionflower

Passiflora incarnata

Helps in the reproduction of this distinct vining plant.

eaten by

Pileated Woodpecker

Dryocopus pileatus

Woodpeckers can sometimes extract larvae from their wooden nests.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

30-50 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

15-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

30-365 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

20 km/h

Was frisst Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

These bees drink nectar from flowers for energy and collect pollen to feed their growing babies.

Wo findet man Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee normalerweise?

They live in gardens, woodlands, and areas with plenty of flowers.

Wie jagt Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

6

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