# Violet carpenter bee – Xylocopa violacea – zadrzechnia fioletowa –

- By: Krigore
- Date: 2026-07-25
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Violet_carpenter_bee_%E2%80%93_Xylocopa_violacea_%E2%80%93_zadrzechnia_fioletowa_%E2%80%93.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/85/Violet_carpenter_bee_%E2%80%93_Xylocopa_violacea_%E2%80%93_zadrzechnia_fioletowa_%E2%80%93.jpg/1920px-Violet_carpenter_bee_%E2%80%93_Xylocopa_violacea_%E2%80%93_zadrzechnia_fioletowa_%E2%80%93.jpg
- Who can see it: Kids profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

Violet carpenter bee (Xylocopa violacea) collecting pollen from a sweet pea flower. Wrocław, Poland