Bees, Wasps, & Ants

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Carpenter Ants

Camponotus species

Dogwood Sawfly

Macremphytus species
Larvae resemble the caterpillar of a butterfly or moth.

Woolcarder Bee

Anthidium manicatum

Pure Green Sweat Bee

Augochlora pura

Metalic Green Sweat Bee

Agapostemon texanus

Unidentified Bumble Bees

Bombus species

Rusty Spider Wasp

Tachypompilus ferrugineus
This wasp captured a large wolf spider and carried it at least 50ft up the side of a tree.

Hairy Scoliid Wasp

Scolia hirta

Unidentified Ichneumon Wasps

Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp

Megarhyssa atrata
These wasps parasitize woodwasp larve (specifically those of *Tremex columba*) by using their long ovipositor to burrow deep within decaying wood.

Yellow Ichneumon Wasp

Xanthopimpla punctata

Crown Wasp

Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp

Scolia dubia
The adults feed on flowers and dig in the ground in search of June beetle larvae to lay their eggs on.

Great Golden Digger Wasp

Sphex ichneumoneus

Banded Hornet

Vespa tropica/Vespa affinis

Scoliid Wasp

Paper Wasp

Polistes species

Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla species

Sacken's Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla sackenii

Blue Mud-dauber Wasp

Chalybion californicum
These wasps hunt and capture spiders as food for their larvae.

Bald-faced Hornet

Dolichovespula maculata

Unequal Cellophane Bee

Colletes inaequalis

Arotes amoenus

Arotes amoenus

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Megarhyssa macrurus

Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp

Dielis plumipes

Western Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

Cellophane Bee

Colletes species

Unidentified Wasp

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

Red Paper Wasp

Polistes carolina

Introduced Pine Sawfly

Diprion similis

Leafcutter Bee

Megachile species

Mining Bee

Andrena species