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Western Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa californica

The Western Carpenter Bee is a big, fuzzy bee that loves to buzz around flowers. They are great at pollinating plants and making gardens beautiful!

Lebensraum: Urban areas

Aussehen

The Western Carpenter Bee is a large, robust bee, often black with a shiny, hairless abdomen that distinguishes it from fuzzy bumblebees. Males may have yellow markings on their thorax and face. Its wings often have a beautiful iridescent sheen.

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Western Carpenter Bee
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Western Carpenter Bee

Kategorie

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Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Snaps

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Interessante Fakten

Females create tiny rooms in wood tunnels, each for one developing bee!

Male carpenter bees can't sting; they just buzz loudly to seem scary!

Sometimes they chew holes in flowers to steal nectar without pollinating them!

They love sipping nectar from big, colorful flowers like sunflowers and passionflowers.

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Buzz Pollinator

Western Carpenter Bee can vibrate flowers rapidly to release pollen, a 'buzz pollination' trick for collecting more food.

Fähigkeit

Swift Flyer

Western Carpenter Bee has powerful wing muscles, enabling swift, efficient flight between blossoms and nesting spots.

Maße und Details

Flügelspannweite
30-50 mm
Größe
15-25 mm
Lebenserwartung
300-365 Tage
Fluggeschwindigkeit
20 km/h
Anzahl der Beine
6

Ernährung und Fütterung

These fuzzy flyers drink nectar for energy and collect pollen to feed their babies.

Altersunterschiede: Larvae feed on pollen and nectar provisions left by the mother.

Hauptnahrung

  • Nectar
  • Pollen
  • Sunflower nectar
  • Passionflower nectar
  • Lupine pollen

Nahrungssuche

  • Foraging

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

pollinates

Passion Flower

Passiflora edulis

Visits large, open flowers for nectar and pollen.

pollinates

Common Sunflower

Helianthus annuus

Collects pollen and nectar from bright yellow blooms.

eaten by

Downy Woodpecker

Dryobates pubescens

Drills into wood nests to find larvae and adult bees.

Merkmale

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Sammlungen

Sicherheit

Gefahr

1/5 · Sehr gering

Don't disturb bees; they are usually busy and just want to collect pollen.

Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das flügelspannweite von Western Carpenter Bee?

30-50 mm

Was ist der/die/das größe von Western Carpenter Bee?

15-25 mm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Western Carpenter Bee?

300-365 Tage

Was ist der/die/das fluggeschwindigkeit von Western Carpenter Bee?

20 km/h

Was frisst Western Carpenter Bee?

These fuzzy flyers drink nectar for energy and collect pollen to feed their babies.

Wo findet man Western Carpenter Bee normalerweise?

Urban areas

Wie jagt Western Carpenter Bee?

Foraging

Was ist der/die/das anzahl der Beine von Western Carpenter Bee?

6

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