Bees, Wasps, Ants, Sawflies (Hymenoptera)

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Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Polistes metricus)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly. Specimen collected in Gainesville, FL.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Female (Polistes aurifer)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Female (Polistes aurifer)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Female (Polistes aurifer)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Female (Polistes aurifer)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Paper Wasp Female (Polistes aurifer)
Paper wasp photographed in the lab after refrigerating it briefly.
arthropod hymenoptera insect polistes predator vespid vespidae
Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachilidae)
Bee photographed at Cedar Key Museum State Park, FL.
bee cut cutter cutting forage foraging hymenoptera leaf megachilid megachilidae
Paper Wasp Fall Gyne (Mischocyttarus mexicanus)
Wasp photographed at Cedar Key Museum State Park, FL.
arthropod forage hymenoptera insect nectar plant predator social summer Mischocyttarus paper wasp florida small vespidae vespid queen
Square-headed Wasp (Crabroninae)
Wasp photographed bath the University of Florida Bat Houses on campus at Gainesville, FL.
crabronidae crabroninae hymenoptera solitary wasp
Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
honeybee apidae apis mellifera forage worker female social composit flower nectar pollen pollination pollinator hymenoptera bee
Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
honeybee apidae apis mellifera forage worker female social composit flower nectar pollen pollination pollinator hymenoptera bee
Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
honeybee apidae apis mellifera forage worker female social composit flower nectar pollen pollination pollinator hymenoptera bee
Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
honeybee apidae apis mellifera forage worker female social composit flower nectar pollen pollination pollinator hymenoptera bee
Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
honeybee apidae apis mellifera forage worker female social composit flower nectar pollen pollination pollinator hymenoptera bee
Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
honeybee apidae apis mellifera forage worker female social composit flower nectar pollen pollination pollinator hymenoptera bee
Honey Bee Worker (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
honeybee apidae apis mellifera forage worker female social composit flower nectar pollen pollination pollinator hymenoptera bee
Leaf-cutter Bee (Megachilidae)
Leaf cutter bee in flight. Photograph taken at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA>
megachilidae megachilid leaf cut cutter cutting bee hymenoptera flight flying fly sunflower forage foraging
Yellowjacket Wasp (Vespula)
Wasp photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
vespidae vespula wasp yellow jacket forage feed feeding hunter hunting goldenrod flower predator hymenoptera insect arthropod
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Wasp photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
polistes vespidae social forage sunflower plant nectar summer hymenoptera insect arthropod predator
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Wasp photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
polistes vespidae social forage sunflower plant nectar summer hymenoptera insect arthropod predator
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Wasp photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
polistes vespidae social forage sunflower plant nectar summer hymenoptera insect arthropod predator
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Wasp photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
polistes vespidae social forage sunflower plant nectar summer hymenoptera insect arthropod predator
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Wasp photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
polistes vespidae social forage sunflower plant nectar summer hymenoptera insect arthropod predator
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Wasp photographed at the WSU Arboretum in Pullman, WA.
polistes vespidae social forage sunflower plant nectar summer hymenoptera insect arthropod predator
Chalcid Wasp (Chalcididae)
Wasp photographed in the Olympia, WA, near the state capitol.
Chalcidoidea hymenoptera wasp ovipositor femur forage flower nectar drink food feed arthropod insect
Chalcid Wasp (Chalcididae)
Wasp photographed in the Olympia, WA, near the state capitol.
Chalcidoidea hymenoptera wasp ovipositor femur forage flower nectar drink food feed arthropod insect
Bumble Bee (likely Bombus vosnesenskii)
Bumble bee foraging inside a pumpkin plant flower. Photograph taken in west Olympia, WA.
apidae bee bombus bumblebee flower forage hymenoptera nectar pollen pollinator worker
Bumble Bee (Bombus)
Bumble bee photographed in west Olympia, WA.
apidae bee bombus bumblebee flower forage hymenoptera nectar pollen pollinator worker
Bumble Bee (likely Bombus vosnesenskii)
Bee photographed in the Olympia, WA, near the state capitol.
bombus bumblebee hymenoptera forage flower apidae bee pollen nectar pollinator worker
Great Golden Digger Wasp (Sphex ichneumoneus)
Wasp photographed in the Olympia, WA, near the state capitol.
Sphex ichneumoneus sphex sphecidae thread wasp waist waisted flwoer forage orange gold hymenoptera nectar flower
European Paper Wasp (Polistes dominula)
Wasp photographed in the Olympia, WA, near the state capitol.
vespid vespidae forage flower nectar paper wasp paperwasp polistes female
Long-horned Bee (Eucerini)
Bee photographed on campus at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR.
hymenoptera flower forage pollen nectar pollinator eucerini apidae antennae
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed on campus at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR.
hymenoptera flower forage pollen nectar pollinator honeybee worker female foraging social lavendar
Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
Bee photographed on campus at Lewis and Clark College, Portland, OR.
hymenoptera flower forage pollen nectar pollinator honeybee worker female foraging social lavendar

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