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				Common Name:  Southern Carpenter Bee 
				 
				
				Kingdom: Animalia 
				Phylum: Arthropoda 
				Subphylum: Hexapoda 
				Class: Insecta 
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				Order: Hymenoptera 
				Suborder: Apocrita 
				Infraorder: Aculeata 
				Superfamily: Apoidea 
				Family: Apidae 
				Subfamily: Xylocopinae 
				Tribe: Bombini 
				Species:  Xylocopa micans
  
				
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				Location:  
				J. N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge 
				Sanibel,
				FL 
				USA 
				GPS: 26.45705,-82.120056
  
				
				Date: 3/8/12
  
				Stage: Adult 
				Sex: Female 
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			 Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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