Bees, Wasps and Ants of North America Index
Order Hymenoptera
Live bees, wasps, sawflies, ants photographed in the wild at North American locations.
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Bees, Wasps and Ants of North America Index04/19/2013
Potter Wasp - Eumenes fraternus04/19/2013
Paper Wasp - Polistes dominula04/19/2013
Paper Wasp - Polistes Fuscatus04/19/2013
Tarantula Hawk Wasp - Hemipepsis sp.04/19/2013
Sawfly - Dolerus unicolor04/19/2013
Symphyta - Sawflies, Horntails, and Wood Wasps04/19/2013
Potter Wasp and Mud Pot Nest04/19/2013
Halictid Bee - Agapostemon splendens04/16/2013
Honey Bee - Apis sp.04/14/2013
Paper Wasp - Polistes annularis03/20/2013
Mud Dauber Wasp - Sceliphron caementarium03/20/2013
Superfamily Ichneumonoidea - Braconid and Ichneumon Wasps03/20/2013
Giant Ichneumon Wasp - Megarhyssa greenei03/20/2013
Halictid Bee - Augochlora pura03/20/2013
Great Golden Digger Wasp - Sphex ichneumoneus03/20/2013
Halictid Bee - Lasioglossum sp.03/20/2013
North American Insects and Spiders / Tree Encyclopedia03/19/2013
Great Black Wasp - Sphex pensylvanica03/19/2013
Sand-loving Wasp - Tachytes sp.03/19/2013
Pigeon Horntail - Tremex columba03/19/2013
Andrenid Bee - Subgenus Melandrena03/19/2013
Sphecid Wasp - Isodontia elegans03/19/2013
Poison Ivy Sawfly - Arge humeralis03/19/2013
Sawfly - Dolerus nitens03/19/2013
Sawfly Eats Beetle03/19/2013
Sphecid Wasps - Ammophila sp.03/19/2013
Downy Yellowjacket - Vespula flavopilosa03/18/2013
Yellow-masked Bee - Hylaeus sp.03/18/2013
Gasteruptid Wasp - Gasteruption sp.03/18/2013
Bees, Wasps and Ants of North America - Order Hymenoptera03/11/2013
Tree Encyclopedia03/11/2013
Family Pompilidae - Spider Wasps03/10/2013
Small Carpenter Bee - Ceratina sp.03/10/2013
Wool Carder Bee - Anthidium manicatum03/10/2013
Halictid Bee - Augochloropsis metallica03/10/2013
Cuckoo Bee - Nomada imbricata03/10/2013
Halictid Bees - Family Halictidae03/10/2013
Digger Bee - Synhalonia sp.03/10/2013
Cuckoo Bee - Nomada ruficornis group03/10/2013
Tricolored Bumble Bee - Bombus ternarius03/10/2013
Sand Wasp - Bicyrtes quadrifasciata03/10/2013
Cuckoo Bee - Triepeolus sp.03/10/2013
Cuckoo Wasp - Chrysis angolensis03/10/2013
Eastern Yellowjacket - Vespula maculifrons03/10/2013
Brownbelted Bumble Bee - Bombus griseocollis03/10/2013
Bumble Bee Queen - Bombus impatiens03/10/2013
Blackjacket - Vespula consobrina03/10/2013
Ants Herd Tiny Aphids - Lasius sp.03/10/2013
Ants - Lasius alienis03/10/2013
Aphid Wasps - Subfamily Pemphredoninae03/10/2013
Braconid Wasp Lays Eggs on Aphids03/10/2013
Carpenter Ants - Camponotus pennsylvanicus03/10/2013
False Honey Ants - Prenolepis imparis03/10/2013
Allegheny Mound Ants - Formica exsectoides03/10/2013
Andrenid Bees - Andrena barbilabris03/10/2013
Ants: Formica sp.03/10/2013
Braconid Wasp Ovipositing - Meteorus sp.03/10/2013
Cicada Killer - Wasp with Attitude03/10/2013
Parasitica - Parasitic Apocrita03/10/2013
Insect Order Strepsiptera03/05/2013
Giant Ichneumon Wasps Ovipositing02/12/2013
Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps02/10/2013
Western Yellowjacket - Vespula pensylvanica02/04/2013
Bumble Bees: Pollinators Extraordinaire02/03/2013
Mining Bee - Andrena sp.02/03/2013
Halictid Bee - Agapostemon virescens02/03/2013
Baldfaced Hornet - Dolichovespula maculata02/03/2013
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Order Hymenoptera: Bees, Wasps, & Ants
Hymenoptera (Latin for membrane wing) is a vast assemblage of insects second only to Coleoptera (beetles) in the number of described species. Hymenoptera number some 115,000 species vs. 350,000 in Coleoptera. 18,000 of these species call North America north of Mexico home. Hymenopterans inhabit a wide variety of habitats, and show an incredible diversity in size, behavior, structure and color.
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