




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.
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.





Kategorie
InsektenSeltenheit
Common
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Snaps
Mach den ersten Snap!
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!
Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee can tunnel into wood because of its powerful mandibles that helps them create safe, custom nests for their young.
Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee has fuzzy bodies that helps them efficiently carry pollen between flowers, playing a vital role in plant reproduction.
Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee can 'buzz' certain flowers using sonication, that helps them release stubborn pollen for collection.
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.
Cercis canadensis
An important pollinator for this native flowering tree.

Passiflora incarnata
Helps in the reproduction of this distinct vining plant.
Dryocopus pileatus
Woodpeckers can sometimes extract larvae from their wooden nests.
Einzelgänger leben den größten Teil ihres Lebens allein und interagieren mit Artgenossen nur zur Paarung oder zur Aufzucht der Jungen.
Farbenfroh beschreibt Organismen oder Objekte, die eine große Vielfalt an leuchtenden und deutlich erkennbaren Farben aufweisen.
Tagaktive Tiere sind hauptsächlich bei Tageslicht aktiv und ruhen oder schlafen in der Regel nachts.
Nachtaktive Tiere sind hauptsächlich in den Nachtstunden aktiv und ruhen oder schlafen normalerweise tagsüber.
Beschreibt Organismen, die Pollen übertragen und so die Befruchtung und Fortpflanzung von Pflanzen ermöglichen.
Noch keine Alternativnamen vorhanden.
Gefahr
1/5 · Sehr gering
Noch keine besonderen Sicherheitshinweise.
30-50 mm
15-25 mm
30-365 Tage
20 km/h
These bees drink nectar from flowers for energy and collect pollen to feed their growing babies.
They live in gardens, woodlands, and areas with plenty of flowers.
Foraging
6
Zoome hinein, um Cluster aufzulösen und zu sehen, wo dieses Objekt fotografiert wurde.
Neueste Snaps erscheinen hier, wenn neue Beobachtungen hinzukommen.