Male Carpenter Bee from South Africa

Subject:  Odd discovery in SOUth Africa- What bee is this?
Geographic location of the bug:  Eastern Coastline of SOuth Africa – Eastern Cape
Date: 09/22/2021
Time: 06:42 AM EDT
Your letter to the bugman:  Hi Bugman – my mother found this bee in Mbotyi – the Eastern Cape town in South AFrica. It looks like a Valley Carpenter bee which is highly unlikely – can you assist?
How you want your letter signed:  Jason M

Male Carpenter Bee: Xyclocopa caffra

Dear Jason,
This is a Carpenter Bee, just not the Valley Carpenter Bee which is native to the North American southwest.  We believe your individual is a Male Carpenter Bee: Xyclocopa caffra, based on this image posted on USGS Science for a Changing World.

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