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Large bee with a yellow thorax and black abdomen. Its wings have blueish green iridescence. Unlike the similar White-cheeked Carpenter Bee (X. aestuans), the sides of its face lacks white hairs and the first segment of its abdomen has sparse yellow hairs.

Abundance
Common

Family
Apidae

Habitat
Urban, Parkland, Forest

Nesting
Nests in wood.