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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!

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

Aspecto

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

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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!

Habilidades especiales

Habilidad

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.

Habilidad

Super Pollinator

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

Habilidad

Buzz Vibration

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

Medidas y detalles

Envergadura
30-50 mm
Tamaño
15-25 mm
Esperanza de vida
30-365 días
Velocidad de vuelo
20 km/h
Cantidad de patas
6

Dieta y alimentación

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

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

Alimentos principales

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

Método de búsqueda

  • Foraging

Conexiones ecológicas

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.

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Preguntas frecuentes

¿Cuál es el envergadura de Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

30-50 mm

¿Cuál es el tamaño de Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

15-25 mm

¿Cuál es el esperanza de vida de Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

30-365 días

¿Cuál es el velocidad de vuelo de Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

20 km/h

¿Qué come Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

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

¿Dónde se encuentra normalmente Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

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

¿Cómo caza Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

Foraging

¿Cuál es el cantidad de patas de Horse-Fly Carpenter Bee?

6

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