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

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