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A guide to the Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera) of Austin and Travis County, TX; USA

A guide to the Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera) of Austin and Travis County, TX.

Western Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 2
Megarhyssa macrurus
Ophion Wasps 3
Ophion
Great Black Digger Wasp 4
Sphex pensylvanicus
Honey-tailed Striped Sweat Bee 5
Agapostemon melliventris
Eastern Carpenter Bee 6
Xylocopa virginica
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 7
Sphecius speciosus
Umbrella Paper Wasps 8
Polistes
Dark Paper Wasp 9
Polistes fuscatus
Agile Long-horned Bee 10
Melissodes agilis
Sculptured Resin Bee 11
Megachile sculpturalis
Milde's Tarantula Hawk Wasp 12
Pepsis mildei
Polistes dorsalis 13
American Bumble Bee 14
Bombus pensylvanicus
Urbane Digger Bee 15
Anthophora urbana
Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee 16
Xylocopa tabaniformis
Valley Carpenter Bee 17
Xylocopa varipuncta
Sonoran Bumble Bee 18
Bombus sonorus
Elm Sawfly 19
Cimbex americana
Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp 20
Scolia dubia
Pigeon Tremex Horntail 21
Tremex columba
Tropical Fire Ant 22
Solenopsis geminata
Red Imported Fire Ant 23
Solenopsis invicta
Argentine Ant 24
Linepithema humile
Hairless Rover Ant 25
Brachymyrmex depilis
Camponotus sansabeanus 26
Camponotus sayi 27
Apache Twig Ant 28
Pseudomyrmex apache
Pallid Twig Ant 29
Pseudomyrmex pallidus
High Noon Ant 30
Forelius pruinosus
Dorymyrmex flavus 31
Myrmecina americana 21
Ghost Ant 32
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Hypoponera opaciceps 21
Pharaoh Ant 33
Monomorium pharaonis
Longhorn Crazy Ant 7
Paratrechina longicornis
Neivamyrmex swainsonii 34
Tawny Crazy Ant 35
Nylanderia fulva
Southern Fire Ant 24
Solenopsis xyloni
Bicolored Pennant Ant 36
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Foothill Carpenter Bee 37
Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex
Pure Green Sweat Bee 38
Augochlora pura
Green Metallic Sweat Bee 39
Augochloropsis metallica
Hornworm Parasitic Wasp 40
Cotesia congregata
Thyreodon atricolor 41
Bent-shielded Besieger Wasp 42
Gnamptopelta obsidianator
Hover Fly Parasite Wasp 43
Diplazon laetatorius
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp 44
Trypoxylon politum
Great Golden Digger Wasp 45
Sphex ichneumoneus
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 46
Chlorion aerarium
Eremnophila aureonotata 47
Eastern Yellowjacket 48
Vespula maculifrons
Metric Paper Wasp 14
Polistes metricus
Sunflower Bee 49
Svastra obliqua
Southeastern Blueberry Bee 50
Habropoda laboriosa
Fine-backed Red Paper Wasp 51
Polistes carolina
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 52
Sceliphron caementarium
Sphex lucae 53
Dasymutilla bioculata 54
Pseudomethoca brazoria 35
Sphaeropthalma auripilis 35
Live Oak Apple Gall Wasp 55
Callirhytis quercuspomiformis
Four-toothed Mason Wasp 56
Monobia quadridens
Common Thread-waisted Wasp 57
Ammophila procera
Chestnut Carpenter Ant 7
Camponotus castaneus
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant 58
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Fraternal Potter Wasp 59
Eumenes fraternus
Southern Carpenter Bee 60
Xylocopa micans
Blueberry Mason Bee 61
Osmia ribifloris
Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp 62
Chalybion californicum
Guinea Paper Wasp 63
Polistes exclamans
Texas Striped Sweat Bee 64
Agapostemon texanus
Abrupt Digger Bee 65
Anthophora abrupta
Spongy Oak Apple Gall Wasp 66
Amphibolips confluenta
Five-banded Thynnid Wasp 67
Myzinum quinquecinctum
Entypus unifasciatus 68
Horse Guard Wasp 34
Stictia carolina
Ammophila pictipennis 48
Acorn Plum Gall Wasp 69
Amphibolips quercusjuglans
Dasymutilla klugii 12
Four-banded Stink Bug Hunter Wasp 70
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Poison Ivy Sawfly 71
Arge humeralis
Rusty Spider Wasp 31
Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Texas Leaf-cutter Ant 12
Atta texana
Polistes bellicosus
Ligated Furrow Bee 72
Halictus ligatus
Mexican Honey Wasp
Brachygastra mellifica
Enicospilus purgatus 73
Red Harvester Ant 30
Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee 11
Agapostemon splendens
Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee 74
Megachile mendica
Parallel Leaf-cutter Bee 75
Megachile parallela
Euodynerus foraminatus 76
Opheltes glaucopterus 77
Gouty Stem Gall Wasp 78
Callirhytis quercussuttoni
Apache Paper Wasp 79
Polistes apachus
American Carpenter Ant 31
Camponotus americanus
Camponotus decipiens 21
Little Black Ant 31
Monomorium minimum
Southern Yellowjacket 73
Vespula squamosa

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