They don't eat the wood, either. Unlike wasps, which chew wood to a pulp before making nests of, essentially, paper, carpenter bees tunnel into wood and discard the cuttings/shavings.
> On 22 September 2021 at 19:57 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > > > > > > On Sep 22, 2021, at 11:55 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > > > > They aren't carnivores. They are called carpenters because they burrow > > into wood. Others are called miners because they dig holes. The > > insecticide would have done it a power of no good, though. > > Exactly. I have found a couple of things that look kind of like honeycomb, > there and in other sheds, which I thought were wasp nests. > > > >> On 22 September 2021 at 19:35 Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >> > >> > >> Thanks folks, I think it might be a carpenter bee. That kind of makes > >> sense because I was spraying for carpenter ants in a shed I was repairing > >> and it didn’t look well. It might well also been using my shed as a > >> buffet. > >> > >> > >>> On Sep 21, 2021, at 11:50 PM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> Four wings so definitely not a fly, which are of the order Diptera. From > >>> Greek di for two and pteron for wing. > >>> > >>>> On 22 September 2021 at 07:26 Toine <to...@repiuk.nl> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> The eyes suggest it's a bee. I had to look it up, in europe black > >>>> bee's (Apis mellifera mellifera) are a possible alternative for honey > >>>> bee's. > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, 22 Sept 2021 at 00:11, Larry Colen <l...@red4est.com> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> I saw this critter crawling around on the steps in front of my house > >>>>> and got a few photos. I think that it is some sort of bee, but it > >>>>> almost looks like a really big fly. Does anyone know what it is? > >>>>> > >>>>> https://www.flickr.com/photos/ellarsee/albums/72157719880913748 -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
