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

Spider Wasp,
Family: Pompilidae

Mason Wasp,
Vespidae, Subfamily: Eumeninae
Aphilanthops subfrigidus
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