Carpenter Bee by oscilis
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Description
This bee sounds like a World WarOne aircraft and it's like 4 centimeters long. It drills into wood!
Comments (9)
durleybeachbum
FOUR centimetres! Great Scott, Rozanne, what a humumgous insect! At least you can hear it approaching, and take cover. Wonderful to see this, thankyou!
Blush
It is a great capture And it does look rather huge.....at least to me You would be hurting for certain if that big ole bee stung ya Hugs:( Susan~
sharky_
It gives me the chills when they fly around me. Nice shot. Aloha
Richardphotos
very beautiful macro
drace68
We have similar in Tulsa, just not 4 cm. - up to 2 cm. perhaps. They live in the holes they make (3/8 to 1/2 inch diameter) and don't socialize much that I've seen. Replaced a main beam in our carport this Spring because of their activity. another excellent lose-up.
jgkane
Good close up of this whopper bee, Rozanne. My son's use of our verandah as his garden, has attracted a lot of orange-bottomed bees, which I had never seen before. Trawling the internet to identify it has so far proved negative. Unfortunately negative so far. Warm regards ( well 23C or so ), John.
mariogiannecchini
Very beautiful picture ! Nome italiano :ape legnaiola.
Cosme..D..Churruca
magnifico ejemplar! es un "abejorro carpintero" vive en agujeros que hace en la madera muerta. mi perro se vuelve loco con ellos, los persigue por todo el jardin.
Svarg
We have bunches of those around our shed, but not quite so big. Great capture of the busy guy!