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title: "Southern Carpenter Bee"
description: "Xylocopa micans — Insectos y arañas. Xylocopa micans, also known as the southern carpenter bee, is a species of bee within Xylocopa, the genus of carpenter bees."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/southern-carpenter-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Southern Carpenter Bee

> Xylocopa micans — Insectos y arañas. Xylocopa micans, also known as the southern carpenter bee, is a species of bee within Xylocopa, the genus of carpenter bees.

- Scientific name: *Xylocopa micans*
- Category: `insects` (Insectos y arañas)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 10950
- Wikidata: [Q2470664](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2470664)
- iNaturalist taxon: [133788](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/133788)

## Names

- en: Southern Carpenter Bee

## Countries with the most observations

US (9919), MX (4)

## Summary

Xylocopa micans, also known as the southern carpenter bee, is a species of bee within Xylocopa, the genus of carpenter bees. The southern carpenter bee can be found mainly in the coastal and gulf regions of the southeastern United States, as well as Mexico and Guatemala. Like all Xylocopa bees, X. micans excavates nests in woody plant material. However, unlike its sympatric species Xylocopa virginica, X. micans has not been found to construct nest galleries in structural timbers of building, making it less of an economic nuisance to humans. Carpenter bees have a wide range of mating strategies between different species…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylocopa_micans

## Photo

![Southern Carpenter Bee](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-carpenter-bee/medium.jpg)

Photo: Dia D · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/249903804

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-carpenter-bee?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).