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Bees and wasps

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Pre-pupa of a grass-carrying wasp
Honeysuckle sawfly larva
Oak pea gall wasp
Oak pea gall wasp
Thread-waisted sand wasp
Larger empty oak apple gall wasp
Larger apple oak gall wasp
Ampulex canaliculata
Ancistrocerus antilope
Andricus nigricens
Andricus quercusflocci gall
Leafy oak gall
Leafy oak gall
Leafy oak gall
Leafy oak gall wasp
Wool-bearing gall wasp
Anomalon sp.
Anomalon sp.
European wool carder bee
Aphidius exit hole
Aphidius
Western honey bee
Western honey bee
Western honey bee
Western honey bee
Western honey bee
Western honey bee
Poison-ivy sawfly
Astata unicolor
Pure green Augochlora
Pure green Augochlora
Pure green Augochlora
Pure green Augochlora
Pure green Augochlora
Pure green Augochlora
Pure green Augochlora
Pure green Augochlora
Auplopus
Auplopus mellipes
Two-spotted bumble bee
Brown-belted bumble bee
Common eastern bumble bee
Fuzzy-horned bumble bee
Perplexing bumble bee
Caenochrysis sp.
Caenochrysis sp.
Caliroa heads on oak leaf
Caliroa sp.
Honeycomb leaf gall wasp
Furry oak leaf gall wasp
Southern live oak stem gall wasp
Southern live oak stem gall wasp
Oak wart gall
Oak wart gall
Wooly catkin gall wasp
Chelonus
Chelonus
Chelostoma philadelphi
Chelostoma philadelphi in flight
Chelostoma philadelphi covered with pollen
Chelostoma philadelphi with pollen load
Chelostoma philadelphi
Cuckoo wasp
Cuckoo wasp
Bristly rose sawfly larva
Bristly rose sawfly
Coelichneumon navus
Coelichneumon vitalis
Unequal cellophane bee
Unequal cellophane bee
Rufous-backed cellophane bee
Conura sp.
Conura sp.
Hornworm parasitoid wasp
Cabbage white parasitoid wasp
Cryptinid
Cryptinid
Cryptinid
Cynipid
Dialictus sp.
Dialictus sp.
Blackberry knot gall wasp
Blackberry knot gall wasp
Blackberry knot gall wasp larva
Blackberry knot gall wasp larvae
Digonogastra sp.
Dipogon sayi
Rough bullet gall
Rough oak bullet gall wasp cocoon
Disholcaspis quercusvirens
Baldfaced hornet
Baldfaced hornets
Baldfaced hornet
Bald-faced hornet
Baldfaced hornet
Ectatomma
Ectemnius in nest
Ectemnius in nest
Ephialtini
Eremnophila aureonotata
Boll's potter wasp
Fraternal potter wasp
Eumenes nest
Potter wasp nests
Euodynerus larva
Euodynerus megaera
Euodynerus megaera
Euodynerus megaera
Euodynerus schwarzi
Euodynerus schwarzi
Euodynerus sp.
Formica sp.
Habrobracon hebetor
Ligated furrow bee
Brown-legged grass-carrying wasp
Brown-legged grass-carrying wasp
Grass carrying wasp cocoon
Grass-carrying wasp nest
Lasioglossum sp.
Lasioglossum sp.
Smaller yellow ant
Smaller yellow ant
Smaller yellow ant
Lestica
Leucospis affinis
Litomegachile
Sawfly larva
Macrophya formosa
Megachilini
White-footed leafcutter bee
White-footed leafcutter bee
White-footed leafcutter bee
White-footed leafcutter bee
White-footed leafcutter bee
Giant resin bee
Giant resin bee nest
Giant resin bee nest
Giant resin bee nest
Sculptured resin bee
Sculptured resin bee brood partitions
Sculptured resin bee
Giant resin bee nest
Sculptured resin bee
Sculptured resin bee
Long-tailed giant ichneumon wasp
Green's giant ichneumonid wasp
Two-spotted long-horned bee
Melissodes
Melissodes trinodis
Monodontomerus sp.
Monodontomerus sp.
Monodontomerus sp.
Monodontomerus
Monodontomerus
Monodontomerus
Monodontomerus inside mason bee cocoon
Monodontomerus sp.
Yellow ants
New World banded Thynnid wasp
Nealiollus sp.
Nealiollus sp.
Oak potato gall
Cherry webspinning sawfly
Nomad bee
Nomad bee
Novomessor cockerelli
Trap-jaw ant
Opius sp.
Mason bee inside cocoon
Horn-faced bee
Horn-faced mason bee
Hornfaced mason bee
Horn-faced mason bee
Georgia mason bee
Georgia mason bee
Georgia mason bee
Osmia georgica
Georgia mason bee
Georgia mason bee cocoons
Male mason bee
Male mason bee
Taurus mason bee
Taurus mason bee
Taurus mason bee
Taurus mason bee
Parancistrocerus histrio
Rough harvester ant
Rough harvester ant
Golden paper wasp
Polistes bellicosus
Comanche paper wasp
Polistes dorsalis
Polistes dorsalis
Polistes dorsalis
Polistes dorsalis
Polistes dorsalis dorsalis
Dark paper wasp
Variegated paper wasp
Polistes bellicosus
Oak leaf gall midge
Oak leaf gall midge
Oak leaf gall midge
Small honey ants
Small honey ant
Small honey ant
Small honey ants mating
Small honey ants
Pseudosiobla
Sapyga louisi
Sapyga louisi
Eastern cicada killer
Eastern cicada killer
Eastern cicada killer
Buttercup blood bee
Canadian potter wasp
Tufted potter wasp
Sawfly larva
Narrow stingless bees
Immigrant pavement ants
Tetrastichinae
Thrinax dubitata larva
Thrinax dubitata
Thrinax dubitata gall
Galápagos carpenter bee
Triepeolus sp.
Sintgless bees
Trypoxylon
Trypoxylon
Trypoxylon
Trypoxylon collinum
Trypoxylon collinum
Trypoxylon collinum guarding nest.
Trypoxylon collinum
Trypoxylon and Caenochrysis
Trypoxylon sp.
Trypoxylon sp.
Downy yellowjacket
German yellowjacket
Galápagos carpenter bee
Eastern carpenter bee
Zapatella quercusphellos
Zapatella quercusphellos

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