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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
Great Black Digger Wasp 2
Sphex pensylvanicus
Honey-tailed Striped Sweat Bee 3
Agapostemon melliventris
Eastern Carpenter Bee 4
Xylocopa virginica
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 5
Sphecius speciosus
Umbrella Paper Wasps 6
Polistes
Dark Paper Wasp 7
Polistes fuscatus
Agile Long-horned Bee 8
Melissodes agilis
Sculptured Resin Bee 9
Megachile sculpturalis
Milde's Tarantula Hawk Wasp 10
Pepsis mildei
Polistes dorsalis 11
American Bumble Bee 12
Bombus pensylvanicus
Urbane Digger Bee 13
Anthophora urbana
Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee 14
Xylocopa tabaniformis
Valley Carpenter Bee 15
Xylocopa varipuncta
Sonoran Bumble Bee 16
Bombus sonorus
Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp 17
Scolia dubia
Tropical Fire Ant 18
Solenopsis geminata
Red Imported Fire Ant 19
Solenopsis invicta
Argentine Ant 20
Linepithema humile
Hairless Rover Ant 21
Brachymyrmex depilis
Camponotus sansabeanus 22
Camponotus sayi 23
Apache Twig Ant 24
Pseudomyrmex apache
Pallid Twig Ant 25
Pseudomyrmex pallidus
High Noon Ant 26
Forelius pruinosus
Dorymyrmex flavus 27
Myrmecina americana 28
Ghost Ant 29
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Hypoponera opaciceps 28
Pharaoh Ant 30
Monomorium pharaonis
Longhorn Crazy Ant 5
Paratrechina longicornis
Neivamyrmex swainsonii 31
Tawny Crazy Ant 32
Nylanderia fulva
Southern Fire Ant 20
Solenopsis xyloni
Bicolored Pennant Ant 33
Tetramorium bicarinatum
Foothill Carpenter Bee 34
Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex
Pure Green Sweat Bee 35
Augochlora pura
Green Metallic Sweat Bee 36
Augochloropsis metallica
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp 37
Trypoxylon politum
Great Golden Digger Wasp 38
Sphex ichneumoneus
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 39
Chlorion aerarium
Eremnophila aureonotata 40
Eastern Yellowjacket 41
Vespula maculifrons
Metric Paper Wasp 12
Polistes metricus
Sunflower Bee 42
Svastra obliqua
Southeastern Blueberry Bee 43
Habropoda laboriosa
Fine-backed Red Paper Wasp 44
Polistes carolina
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 45
Sceliphron caementarium
Sphex lucae 46
Dasymutilla bioculata 47
Pseudomethoca brazoria 32
Sphaeropthalma auripilis 32
Four-toothed Mason Wasp 48
Monobia quadridens
Common Thread-waisted Wasp 49
Ammophila procera
Chestnut Carpenter Ant 5
Camponotus castaneus
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant 50
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Fraternal Potter Wasp 51
Eumenes fraternus
Southern Carpenter Bee 52
Xylocopa micans
Blueberry Mason Bee 53
Osmia ribifloris
Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp 54
Chalybion californicum
Guinea Paper Wasp 55
Polistes exclamans
Texas Striped Sweat Bee 56
Agapostemon texanus
Abrupt Digger Bee 57
Anthophora abrupta
Five-banded Thynnid Wasp 58
Myzinum quinquecinctum
Entypus unifasciatus 59
Horse Guard Wasp 31
Stictia carolina
Ammophila pictipennis 41
Dasymutilla klugii 10
Four-banded Stink Bug Hunter Wasp 60
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Rusty Spider Wasp 27
Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Texas Leaf-cutter Ant 10
Atta texana
Polistes bellicosus
Ligated Furrow Bee 61
Halictus ligatus
Mexican Honey Wasp
Brachygastra mellifica
Red Harvester Ant 26
Pogonomyrmex barbatus
Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee 9
Agapostemon splendens
Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee 62
Megachile mendica
Parallel Leaf-cutter Bee 63
Megachile parallela
Euodynerus foraminatus 64
Apache Paper Wasp 65
Polistes apachus
American Carpenter Ant 27
Camponotus americanus
Camponotus decipiens 28
Little Black Ant 27
Monomorium minimum
Southern Yellowjacket 66
Vespula squamosa
Cerceris bicornuta 67
Pseudomyrmex ejectus 68
Noble Scoliid Wasp 5
Scolia nobilitata
Trypoxylon texense 69
Iridescent Cockroach-hunter Wasp
Chlorion cyaneum
Golden-reined Digger Wasp 70
Sphex habenus
Crematogaster laeviuscula 71
Cyphomyrmex rimosus 72
Temnothorax subditivus 73
Trachymyrmex turrifex
Rapacious Panther Ant
Pachycondyla harpax
Camponotus festinatus
Eumenes bollii 74
Northern Rotund-resin Bee 16
Anthidiellum notatum
Svastra petulca 75

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