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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.

Cockroach Egg Parasitoid Wasp 1
Evania appendigaster
Lymeon orbus 2
Trogomorpha arrogans 3
Cerceris bicornuta 4
Pseudomyrmex ejectus 5
Itoplectis conquisitor
Noble Scoliid Wasp 6
Scolia nobilitata
Trypoxylon texense 7
Iridescent Cockroach-hunter Wasp
Chlorion cyaneum
Golden-reined Digger Wasp 8
Sphex habenus
Crematogaster laeviuscula 9
Cyphomyrmex rimosus 10
Temnothorax subditivus 11
Trachymyrmex turrifex
Rapacious Panther Ant
Pachycondyla harpax
Camponotus festinatus
Eumenes bollii 12
Northern Rotund-resin Bee 13
Anthidiellum notatum
Svastra petulca 14
Megachile policaris 15
Compsocryptus texensis 16
Labena grallator 17
Conura amoena 9
Scolia guttata 18
Anoplius lepidus 8
Notocyphus dorsalis 19
Black Reed Wasp 7
Trypoxylon spinosum
Sphex texanus 7
Bicyrtes ventralis 20
Psammaletes mexicanus 21
Graceful Twig Ant 22
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Aphaenogaster texana 23
Crematogaster minutissima 24
Crematogaster punctulata 23
Odontomachus clarus 25
Pheidole floridana 26
Euodynerus annulatus 27
Euodynerus hidalgo 9
Euodynerus pratensis 28
Epipompilus aztecus 29
Poecilopompilus flavopictus 30
Poecilopompilus interruptus 31
Toltec Potter Wasp 32
Parazumia tolteca
Euodynerus crypticus 33
Labidus coecus 34
Ceratina cobaltina 14
Norton's Alkali Bee 35
Nomia nortoni
California Digger Bee 36
Anthophora californica
Slender Resin Bee 7
Megachile exilis
Megachile prosopidis 7
Sunflower Sweat Bee 37
Dieunomia heteropoda
Compact Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 28
Epeolus compactus
Melissodes tristis 38
shining oil-digger 28
Centris nitida
California Cuckoo Bee 39
Xeromelecta californica
Tepanec Long-horned Bee
Melissodes tepaneca
Centris atripes 9
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 40
Megachile inimica
Two-banded Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 41
Epeolus bifasciatus
Megachile comata 7
Mexican Carpenter Bee 42
Xylocopa mexicanorum
Euodynerus hidalgo hidalgo
Polistes dorsalis neotropicus 29
Svastra obliqua obliqua 43
Osmia ribifloris ribifloris 44
Pheidole dentata 45
Dasymutilla gorgon 46
Four-spotted Velvet Ant 47
Dasymutilla quadriguttata
Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee 48
Megachile xylocopoides
Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica 26
Chrysis angolensis 49
Parkinson's Carpenter Bee 50
Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae
Nomia universitatis 41
Strumigenys membranifera 51
Pseudomethoca simillima 52
Dark Rover Ant 26
Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Cordley's Long-horned Bee 53
Eucera cordleyi
Acrotaphus wiltii 54
Setanta compta 55
Coarse-backed Red Paper Wasp 56
Polistes rubiginosus
Texas Carpenter Bee 3
Xylocopa virginica texana
Wool-bearing Gall Wasp
Andricus quercuslanigera
Leptogenys elongata 51
Parancistrocerus fulvipes 9
Myrmilloides grandiceps 57
Dianthidium curvatum 58
Trogomorpha trogiformis 59
Bicolored Crown-of-thorns Wasp 60
Megischus bicolor
Dianthidium curvatum sayi 61
Smooth-headed Mummy Wasp 24
Aleiodes politiceps
Cryptanura spinaria 62
Camponotus texanus 23
Belonocnema treatae 63
leafy oak gall wasp
Andricus quercusfoliatus
Mealy oak gall wasp 63
Disholcaspis cinerosa
Liris partitus 64
Texas Nomad Bee 9
Nomada texana
Glenostictia pictifrons
Svastra atripes 65
Ammophila cleopatra 7

Edited by Curtis Eckerman, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)

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