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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.

Megachile policaris 1
Scolia guttata 2
Anoplius lepidus 3
Notocyphus dorsalis 4
Black Reed Wasp 5
Trypoxylon spinosum
Sphex texanus 5
Bicyrtes ventralis 6
Psammaletes mexicanus 7
Graceful Twig Ant 8
Pseudomyrmex gracilis
Aphaenogaster texana 9
Crematogaster minutissima 10
Crematogaster punctulata 9
Odontomachus clarus 11
Pheidole floridana 12
Euodynerus annulatus 13
Euodynerus hidalgo 14
Euodynerus pratensis 15
Epipompilus aztecus 16
Poecilopompilus flavopictus 17
Poecilopompilus interruptus 18
Toltec Potter Wasp 19
Parazumia tolteca
Euodynerus crypticus 20
Labidus coecus 21
Ceratina cobaltina 22
Norton's Alkali Bee 23
Nomia nortoni
California Digger Bee 24
Anthophora californica
Slender Resin Bee 5
Megachile exilis
Megachile prosopidis 5
Sunflower Sweat Bee 25
Dieunomia heteropoda
Compact Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 15
Epeolus compactus
Melissodes tristis 26
shining oil-digger 15
Centris nitida
California Cuckoo Bee 27
Xeromelecta californica
Tepanec Long-horned Bee
Melissodes tepaneca
Centris atripes 14
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 28
Megachile inimica
Two-banded Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 29
Epeolus bifasciatus
Megachile comata 5
Mexican Carpenter Bee 30
Xylocopa mexicanorum
Euodynerus hidalgo hidalgo
Polistes dorsalis neotropicus 16
Svastra obliqua obliqua 31
Osmia ribifloris ribifloris 32
Pheidole dentata 33
Dasymutilla gorgon 34
Four-spotted Velvet Ant 35
Dasymutilla quadriguttata
Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee 36
Megachile xylocopoides
Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica 12
Chrysis angolensis 37
Parkinson's Carpenter Bee 38
Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae
Nomia universitatis 29
Strumigenys membranifera 39
Pseudomethoca simillima 40
Dark Rover Ant 12
Brachymyrmex patagonicus
Cordley's Long-horned Bee 41
Eucera cordleyi
Coarse-backed Red Paper Wasp 42
Polistes rubiginosus
Texas Carpenter Bee 43
Xylocopa virginica texana
Leptogenys elongata 39
Parancistrocerus fulvipes 14
Myrmilloides grandiceps 44
Dianthidium curvatum 45
Dianthidium curvatum sayi 46
Camponotus texanus 9
Liris partitus 47
Texas Nomad Bee 14
Nomada texana
Glenostictia pictifrons
Svastra atripes 48
Ammophila cleopatra 5
Dasymutilla scaevola 49
Dasymutilla waco 34
Dasymutilla snoworum
Phanagenia bombycina
Two-spotted Long-horned Bee 22
Melissodes bimaculatus
Dasymutilla texanella 50
Dasymutilla creon 51
Sphaeropthalma boweri 7
Ancistrocerus spinolae 52
Temnothorax obturator 39
Coelioxys mexicanus 53
Blood-tailed Scoliid Wasp 54
Scolia dubia haematodes
Toltec Scoliid Wasp 55
Dielis tolteca
Eight-spotted Scoliid Wasp 53
Colpa octomaculata
Parancistrocerus minimoferus 3

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