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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea (clade Anthophila) - Bees » Leafcutter, Mason, and Resin Bees, and allies (Megachilidae) » Leafcutter, Resin, Mortar, Sharptail, Mason, and Woolcarder bees and relatives (Megachilinae) » Mason bees and relatives (Osmiini) » Hoplitis » Former subgenus Monumetha, now subgenus Alcidamea in part (Hoplitis Former subgenus Monumetha, now subgenus Alcidamea in part) » Hoplitis fulgida » Hoplitis fulgida fulgida
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Copper Bee - Hoplitis fulgida
Copyright © 2007 Fred Bentler

Copper Bee - Hoplitis fulgida
Lake Roosevelt, Ferry County, Washington, USA
May 27, 2007
I'm going through my metallic bees to find out what's what...any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
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Contributed by Fred Bentler on 11 November, 2007 - 3:31pm
Last updated 14 May, 2013 - 7:44pm

Hoplitis (Monumetha) fulgida fulgida
male

note the slender body form
… John S. Ascher, 11 November, 2007 - 4:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Hoplitis!
Thanks very much. Got another Hoplitis on the way (or so I think) shortly.
… Fred Bentler, 11 November, 2007 - 5:05pm login or register to post comments

To small!
It is very important to crop your images so more detail is visible. Read: Guide to frassing.
… Beatriz Moisset, 11 November, 2007 - 3:55pm login or register to post comments

 
See newer cropped version
...in a sec...should be clearer.
… Fred Bentler, 11 November, 2007 - 5:06pm login or register to post comments

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