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[[top left margin]]R.D.Sage  1965
[[top right margin]] 47 [[circled]]

Xylocopa sp.

Playas del Coco, sea level, Guanacaste, Costa Rica [[wavy line drawn across page]]
[[left margin]]21 August  
Nest # a 59, Neoxylocopa, 3 in from top. Entrance at N. Entrance [[strikeout]] parts[[/strikeout]] partially obscured by a small dead twig
Nests c, d, & e are all abandoned. Nest c & e are schoenherria size. The other is a short Neoxylocopa hole size. Nest c looked very recent. Nest b. an opening to the N. . An abandoned but very complex Neo or Mega xylocopa burrow [[strikeout]]It slanted up[[/strikeout]] Must be from last season. 

[[left margin]]X sec. of log between Nest f & g: [[drawing as if from top of trunk showing where nests were located and distance between them]] Nest 62 [[arrow]] 10 mm. Nest h 60 [[arrow]] 3mm. Nest h60 [[arrow]] Nest h60 [[arrow]] Nest h60 [[arrow]] 12mm [[arrow]] Nest h60 [[arrow]]9 mm [[arrow]] 1mm. 14 mm [[arrow]] 5mm [[arrow]]Nest h60 [[arrow]]