Catching carpenter bees | what the bug !??

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I could not imagine that this handsome bee could be anything but a Carpenter Bee borneo did it.
identified as Xylocopa latipes, Giant Bee in Borneo.
A very large bee, reaching 35mm. Fully black. Wings with metallic blue, green and purple colours under sunlight. This species is not as sexually dimorphic (distinguishable) as many other species are at first glance, as the male neither differs in colour nor has the front of his head lighter in colour. However, he has unusual legs; they are unusually hairy, and the front legs are lighter in colour, with long, smooth hairs arranged in a strange “brush-like” way.This species is quite widely distributed across Southeast Asia, and is also one of the commonly seen species in Singapore.