Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
This bug has been reportedly found in the following regions:
Ozark, Alabama
Barling, Arkansas
Deer, Arkansas
Marion, Arkansas
Story, Arkansas
Sherman, Connecticut
Brooksville, Florida
Lutz, Florida
Augusta, Georgia
Canton, Georgia
Cumming, Georgia
Savannah, Georgia
Woodstock, Georgia
Camp Point, Illinois
Cary, Illinois
Frankfort, Kentucky
Hebron, Kentucky
Murray, Kentucky
Brookeville, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Columbus, Mississippi
Saucier, Mississippi
Belton, Missouri
Cole Camp, Missouri
Beachwood, New Jersey
Trenton, New Jersey
Bellerose, New York
Himrod, New York
New York City, New York
Valatie, New York
Concord, North Carolina
Dover, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
High Point, North Carolina
Raleigh, North Carolina
Akron, Ohio
Barberton, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Glouster, Ohio
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania
Middleburg, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
West Chester, Pennsylvania
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Clarksville, Tennessee
Dandridge, Tennessee
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Baytown, Texas
Keller, Texas
Mont Belvieu, Texas
Troup, Texas
Willis, Texas
Hot Springs, Virginia
Amma, West Virginia
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Jeth
Bharat_Sanghavi
Dennislm
mslehv
I have also noted some type of interaction between them that seems quite purposeful. I saw two bees that were noisily tumbling around on the ground. One then hovered in a fixed position about ten inches above the other for more than a minute, watching the other until it ceased to move. That's a pretty good attention span for a relatively simple creature.
I've had no problem with aggressiveness. In fact, I will sometimes gently push them out of the way so I can get my gardening chores (such as deadheading) done.
primus285
CaptMicha
Grandmaggie
ilovejesus99
They are big and scarey but also bold and beautiful. I love to see them around and I know to leave them alone.
Farmerdill
jswords
Other that constant sweeping of sawdust, i don't mind them. Good thing, pest control says there is nothing that will kill them!
jswords
Magpye
The males lack a stinger, but females have been known to deliver potent stings.
Carpenter bees are black, and they have yellow hairs on the thorax and first abdominal segment. Adults differ from bumble bees in that they are not social, the upper surface of the abdomen in mostly devoid of hairs, and the females have a brush of hairs on the hind leg instead of a pollen basket.
Males carpenter bees have white faces, but females have dark faces. This... read more
sligo
Terry
But on the negative side, they are pests, drilling holes into any exposed wood they find, and making a nuisance of themselves in the process.
okus