Metallic Copper Bee
Hoplitis fulgida fulgida
Subspecies Hoplitis fulgida fulgida
Phylum Arthropoda - Arthropods
Class Insecta - Insects
Order Hymenoptera - Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies
No Taxon Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps
No Taxon Anthophila (Apoidea) - Bees
Family Megachilidae - Leaf-cutter Bees, Mason Bees, and allies
Subfamily Megachilinae
Tribe Osmiini
Genus Hoplitis
Species fulgida - Hoplitis fulgida
Subspecies fulgida - Hoplitis fulgida fulgida
On Shasta Daisy in yard.