onenicebugperday:Slender-scaped carpenter bee,Xylocopa tenuiscapa, Apidae. Found in South and Southe
onenicebugperday:Slender-scaped carpenter bee,Xylocopa tenuiscapa, Apidae. Found in South and Southeast Asia.The common name “carpenter bee” derives from their nesting behavior; nearly all species burrow into hard plant material such as dead wood or bamboo. The bees do not eat the wood, but discard it or use it to build partitions between nest cells where eggs are laid. Burrows are filled with masses of pollen on which the larvae will feed.Although most carpenter bees are solitary, some species form simple social nests where mothers and daughters cohabit and divide up labor responsibilities.Photos 1-2 bychiefredearth, 3 by dannym77, 4 by pjeganathan, 5-6 by licht_und_bild, 7-8 by pradeep_hewage, 9 bymaheshmatthew, and 10 by avi_chat -- source link