An extreme close-up of a solitary female Sonoran Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina) snoozing in the blossoms of a Jacaranda Tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) near Ulupalakua Ranch, south Maui.
Seed pods and blossoms of Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) hang from trees lining the Kula Road, near Ulupalakua Ranch, north Maui.
Seed pods and blossoms of Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) hang from trees lining the Kula Road, near Ulupalakua Ranch, north Maui.
Masses of Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) blossoms hang from trees lining the Kula Road, near Ulupalakua Ranch, north Maui.
Seed pods and blossoms of Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) hang from trees lining the Kula Road, near Ulupalakua Ranch, north Maui.
Masses of Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) blossoms hang from trees lining the Kula Road, near Ulupalakua Ranch, north Maui.
A large Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa valga or X. violacea) robbing nectar in the blossoms of a Jacaranda tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) near Ulupalakua Ranch, southern Maui.
By the first week of Summer, the dark-brown ripened seedpods of the Jacaranda (Jacaranda mimosifolia) appear in small clusters like this one in the upper branches of the tree. Near Ulupalakua Ranch, southern Maui.
An extreme close-up of a solitary female Sonoran Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina) snoozing in the blossoms of a Jacaranda Tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) near Ulupalakua Ranch, south Maui.
An extreme close-up of a solitary female Sonoran Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina) snoozing in the blossoms of a Jacaranda Tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) near Ulupalakua Ranch, south Maui.
An extreme close-up of a solitary female Sonoran Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa sonorina) snoozing in the blossoms of a Jacaranda Tree (Jacaranda mimosifolia) near Ulupalakua Ranch, south Maui.
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