Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies (Hymenoptera)

Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Potter Wasp (Eumeninae)

Wasp photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Potter Wasp (Eumeninae)

Wasp photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

Wasp photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

Wasp photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Mining Bee (Andrenidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Mining Bee (Andrenidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Mining Bee (Andrenidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Potter Wasp (Eumeninae)

Wasp photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Potter Wasp (Eumeninae)

Wasp photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Mason Bee (Osmia)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Potter Wasp (Eumeninae)

Wasp photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

Paper wasp hunting a spittle bug nymph. Photograph taken at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

Paper wasp hunting a spittle bug nymph. Photograph taken at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

Paper wasp hunting a spittle bug nymph. Photograph taken at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

Paper wasp hunting a spittle bug nymph. Photograph taken at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachilidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Long-horned Bee (Eucerini)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Metallic Green Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachilidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Thread-waisted Wasp (Sphecidae)

Wasp photographed at Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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Long-horned Bee (Eucerini)

Bee photographed at Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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Unidentified Bee (Hymenoptera)

Bee photographed at Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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Bee photographed at Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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Worker Ants (Formicidae)

Ants photographed at Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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Worker Ant (Formicidae)

Ant photographed at Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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Unidentified Bee (Hymenoptera)

Bee photographed at Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes eominula)

Wasp photographed at Steptoe Butte near Colfax, WA.

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European Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Wool Carder Bee (Anthidium manicatum)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Sweat Bee (Halictidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Sweat Bee (Halictidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Sweat Bee (Halictidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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Mining Bee (Andrenidae)

Bee photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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European Paper Wasp Spring Queen (Polistes dominula)

Wasp photographed at the Horticulture & Landscape Architecture Display Garden at the WSU Pullman Campus, WA.

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