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At-A-Glance Guide to Bees and Wasps |
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Use this visual guide to identify and appreciate various bees and wasps.
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Red-tailed Bumblebee,
Bombus ternarius
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Western Bumblebee,
Bombus occidentalis |
Yellow-faced Bumblebee, Bombus vosnesenskii
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Orange-belted Bumblebee,
Bombus mixtus |
Honey Bee, worker,
Apis mellifera |
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Melissodes Bee,
Melissodes sp |
Orchard Bee, female,
Osmia lignaria |
Resin Bee,
Anthidiellum spp |
Parasitic Halictid Bee,
Sphecodes spp |
Halictid Bee,
Agapostemon
texanum |
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Andrena Bee,
Family: Andrenidae |
Chalcid Bee,
Family: Leucospididae |
Cuckoo Leaf-cutter Bee,
Coelioxys rufitarsis |
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WASPS |
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Yellow Jacket Wasp,
queen,
Vespula pensylvanica |
Yellow Jacket Wasp,
worker,
Vespula vulgaris |
Bald-faced Hornet,
Vespula maculata
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Thread-wasted Wasp,
Ammophila spp
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Potter Wasp,
Eumenes spp |
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Aculeate Wasp,
Crabro latipes
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Black and Yellow Mud Dauber,
Sceliphron
caementarium
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Paper Wasp,
Polistes aurifer
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Sand Wasp,
Bembix sp
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Weevil Wasp,
Family Sphecidae: Philanthinae
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Ichneumon Wasp,
Subfamily: Pimplinae
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Ichneumon Wasp, Subfamily: Pimplinae
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Tropical Paper Wasp,
Mischocyttarus
flavitarsis |
Sphecid Wasp,
Tribe: Philanthini |
Cuckoo Wasp,
Family: Chrysididae |
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Wolf Wasp,
Philanthus
crabroniformis
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Spider Wasp,
Family: Pompilidae
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Mason Wasp,
Vespidae, Subfamily: Eumeninae |
Aphilanthops subfrigidus
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For the Inn's complete index of At-A-Glance Guides like this one click here. |
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