Double Banded Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa caffra (Linnaeus 1767)

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Xylocopa caffra (Double Banded Carpenter Bee) is a species of Hymenoptera in the family Apidae. They visit flowers of Purple Strawberry Guava, Memecylon elaeagni, Thief Palm, and Polyscias crassa.

EOL has data for 10 attributes, including:

Body symmetry
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/body_symmetry
- Definition: overall repetitive or reflective pattern in the body of one individual of this taxon. eg: bilateral symmetry, rotational symmetry, radial symmetry
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bilaterally symmetric
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001324
- Definition: being symmetric about a plane running from frontal end to caudal end (head to tail), and having nearly identical right and left halves
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mutualistic with
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002442
- Definition: An interaction relationship between two organisms living together in more or less intimate association in a relationship in which both organisms benefit from each other
- Attribution: Arctic Lichen Ecology
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Phoenicophorium borsigianum (K. Koch) Stuntz (Thief Palm)
parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Synhoria hottentota
cellularity
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001992
- Definition: An organismal quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting cells. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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multicellular
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0001993
- Definition: A cellularity quality inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearers consisting of more than one cell. [ PATOC:GVG ]
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developmental mode
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/DevelopmentalMode
- Definition: Broad recognized categories describing development, the process by which organisms grow and mature
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holometabolous
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/holometabolous
- Definition: Development of insects with complete metamorphosis which involves a pupal stage.
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eats
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002470
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Psidium cattleianum Afzel. ex Sabine (Purple Strawberry Guava)
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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Swaziland
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/934841
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visits flowers of
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002622
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Psidium cattleianum Afzel. ex Sabine (Purple Strawberry Guava)

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Double-banded Carpenter Bee. View this species on GBIF

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Double-banded Carpenter Bee includes 2 children: