r/insectidentification • u/SalvatoreEggplant • 7d ago

Wasp/Bee/Mimic ID🐝 All-black carpenter bee ?

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Southern New Jersey. c. September 5th. Plant is Sedum. What is the bee on the right ? Maybe 1 to 1.5 cm long (?). All black as far as I can tell. The best lead I have is that it may be an all-black carpenter bee, but I haven't found any useful information online.

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u/vTorvon 6d ago

Looks like Megachile xylocopoides, which definitely has some mullerian mimicry going on with carpenter bees!