RT @impfdoc1
@Milvus70234020 @inib0711 @A_Haselboeck @SNKSSNKS2 Hab auch noch ein paar. #xylocopa #holzbiene #SaveTheBees

Auge in Auge mit einer #Xylocopa! #macro

Blaue #Holzbiene (#Xylocopa violacea, violet #CarpenterBee) schaut aus einem Loch in einem toten Ast.

Wenn man die stört, kommt sie raus, schwebt einem vor dem Gesicht und guckt böse.

Up close and personal with this Broad-handed Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa latipes) at Pulau Ubin, Singapore, on 26 Oct 2019. It kept returning to this perch so only some patient waiting was needed to get the shots.

A large solitary bee, it isn't aggressive and as long as you don't threaten it (like waving and attempting to smack it), it will rather just fly around you.

#iNaturalist #Nature #Photography #Singapore #insects #Bees #CarpenterBees #Xylocopa

On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/34903115 ].