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title: "Valley Carpenter Bee"
description: "Xylocopa sonorina — Insetti e ragni. Xylocopa sonorina, the valley carpenter bee or Hawaiian carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee found from western Texas to northern California, and the eastern Pacific islands."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/valley-carpenter-bee
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Valley Carpenter Bee

> Xylocopa sonorina — Insetti e ragni. Xylocopa sonorina, the valley carpenter bee or Hawaiian carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee found from western Texas to northern California, and the eastern Pacific islands.

- Scientific name: *Xylocopa sonorina*
- Category: `insects` (Insetti e ragni)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 17882
- Wikidata: [Q3482645](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3482645)
- iNaturalist taxon: [244216](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/244216)

## Names

- en: Valley Carpenter Bee
- es: Abejorro carpintero de Sonora

## Countries with the most observations

US (13719), MX (612), PF (49), GU (19), MP (11), UM (6)

## Summary

Xylocopa sonorina, the valley carpenter bee or Hawaiian carpenter bee, is a species of carpenter bee found from western Texas to northern California, and the eastern Pacific islands. Females are black while males are golden-brown with green eyes.

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

## Photo

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

Photo: Dario Taraborelli · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/112796846

## Machine access

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