{"id":4107,"date":"2019-09-22T08:43:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T06:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/antimuseum.com\/?p=4107"},"modified":"2019-09-22T08:45:02","modified_gmt":"2019-09-22T06:45:02","slug":"xylocopa-violacea-linnaeus-1758","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2019\/09\/22\/xylocopa-violacea-linnaeus-1758\/","title":{"rendered":"Xylocopa violacea [Linnaeus, 1758]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/antimuseum.com\/en\/2019\/09\/22\/xylocopa-violacea-linnaeus-1758\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?fit=2048%2C1367&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1367\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Yann Gourvennec @ygourven&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D810&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1564696089&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Copyright (c) 2019 Antimuseum.com&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;135&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?fit=1000%2C668&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-large wp-image-4109 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?resize=736%2C491&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"491\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?resize=1024%2C684&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?resize=768%2C513&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?resize=1536%2C1025&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?resize=1200%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?resize=1400%2C934&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/antimuseum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/48649670982_054ddd0ffe_k.jpg?resize=800%2C534&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This isn&#8217;t a black honey bee, it&#8217;s a carpenter bee, aka Xylocopa (from Greek Xylo meaning wood). 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All shot in our gardens in the Ari\u00e8ge. The plant is <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Acanthus_(plant)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acanthus<\/a>\u00a0whose leaves are reminiscent of those seen on Greek and Roman columns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This isn&#8217;t a black honey bee, it&#8217;s a carpenter bee, aka Xylocopa (from Greek Xylo meaning wood). Carpenter bees were discovered by Swedish entomologist Carl Von Linn\u00e9 in 1758. They tend to nest in trees as shown on the French Wikipedia page, much more documented than its English equivalent for some reason. 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