NAMES & CLASSIFICATION
Large Carpenter Bee:
- kingdom: animal, or Metazoa
- phylum: arthropod, or Arthropoda
- class: insect, or Insecta
- order: hymenopteran, or Hymenoptera
- family: bees, or Apidae
- genus: Xylocopa (carpenter bees)
- species: virginica (Large Carpenter Bee)