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Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex -<BR>The Mountain or Foothill Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex (F. Smith, 1874), male -
The Mountain or Foothill Carpenter Bee

1/2000 sec.
Los Altos Hills, California, April 2, 2016
© Donald H. Gudehus



Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex -<BR>The Mountain or Foothill Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex (F. Smith, 1874), male -
The Mountain or Foothill Carpenter Bee

1/8000 sec.
Los Altos Hills, California, April 2, 2016
© Donald H. Gudehus


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