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Aru Carpenter
Xylocopa aruana
Xylocopa aruana or Xylocopa (Koptortosoma) aruana, also known as the great carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee. It is native to Australasia. It was described in 1876 by Dutch entomologist Coenraad Ritsema.
From the article Xylocopa aruana on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Range & habitat
The species occurs in New Guinea, including nearby islands and New Britain. In Australia it has a mainly northern and eastern coastal distribution, occurring in all mainland states and the Northern Territory. The lectotype was collected in the Aru Islands. Associated habitats include open forests and shrubland, as well as agricultural land and gardens.
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
What it does
The adults are mainly solitary, flying mellivores. Flowering plants visited by the bees include Wisteria, Acacia, Crotalaria, Eucalyptus, Passiflora, Anacardium, Cajanus, Canavalia, Cassia, Clitoria, Hyptis, Jasminum, Laburnum and Solanum species. The bees nest in cylindrical tunnels bored into dead, dry wood, with each larva in a separate provisioned cell.
== References ==
Wikipedia: “Behaviour”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 522837.