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		chihuahua 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Wasp Blower It sounds like it could be Xylocopa violacea, the violet carpenter bee, found in Europe and Asia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylocopa_violacea

kragen 3 months ago [–]

I'm in South America, and it doesn't look very similar: http://canonical.org/~kragen/bumblebee.jpeg

I think these are also much larger than the violet carpenter bee.

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