Xylocopa violacea: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Apidae
Genus: Xylocopa
Species: Xylocopa violacea
Scientific Name: Xylocopa violacea

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xylocopa violacea

Xylocopa violacea, the violet carpenter bee, is the common European species of carpenter bee, and one of the largest bees in Europe. It is also native to Asia.

Like most members of the genus Xylocopa, it makes its nests in dead wood. It is not particularly aggressive, and will attack only if forced to.

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Xylocopa violacea in languages:

Catalan: Borinot negre
Croatian: Crna pčela drvarica
Czech: drvodělka fialová
Danish: Tømrerbi
Dutch: Blauwzwarte houtbij
English: Violet Carpenter Bee
Finnish: sinirautamehiläinen
French: Xylocope violet
German: Große Holzbiene
German: Blaue Holzbiene
German: Blauschwarze Holzbiene
German: Große Blaue Holzbiene
German: Violettflügelige Holzbiene
Hebrew: דבורת-עץ סגולה
Hebrew: דבורת עץ סגולה
Hungarian: Kék fadongó
Italian: Ape legnaiola
Polish: Zadrzechnia fioletowa
Portuguese: Abelha-carpinteira-violeta
Russian: Фиолетовый шмель-плотник
Russian: Пчела-плотник фиолетовая
Serbian: Црна пчела дрварица
Slovak: drevár fialový
Slovene: modra lesna čebela
Swedish: svartsnickarbi
Ukrainian: Ксилокопа фіолетова
Ukrainian: Бджола-тесляр фіолетова

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Xylocopa violacea: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xylocopa violacea

Xylocopa violacea in languages:

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Xylocopa violacea: taxon details and analytics

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Xylocopa violacea

Xylocopa violacea in languages:

Images from inaturalist.org observations:

Parent Taxon

Sibling Taxa

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