Eastern Carpenter Bee (Family Apidae)
Eastern Carpenter Bees are the most common carpenter bee species this side of the Mississippi, where they’re found in forests, grasslands, parks and gardens. There they fed on pollen and nectar from a wide variety of flatish flowers and as a result are considered valuable native pollinators in a world where pollinator populations are shrinking. When disturbed fly up and hover in the air, bobbing back and forth, staring at the intruder.