Large Carpenter Bees, Xylocopa spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae)
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Grissell, E. E., Malcolm T. Sanford, and Thomas R. Fasulo. 2002. “Large Carpenter Bees, Xylocopa Spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae): EENY-100 IN257, 7 1999”. EDIS 2002 (6). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in257-1999.

Abstract

This document is EENY-100, one of a series of the Entomology and Nematology Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida. Original publication date July 1999. Reviewed May 2003.

EENY-100/IN257: Large Carpenter Bees, Xylocopa spp. (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Apidae: Xylocopinae) (ufl.edu)

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