Xylocopa californica

[shandrew]

I heard an odd quiet sawing/buzzing sound coming from the middle of our side fence a few days ago. Today I looked again and found the culprit; a 1.5" long (huge!) carpenter bee (I believe this one was Xylocopa californica) that had bored a perfectly round hole into the fence and was happily excavating its way through

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[mschlock]

A huge one of those buzzed by me while I was watering the plants yesterday. I like giant bugs.