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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
Agile Long-horned Bee 6
Melissodes agilis
Sculptured Resin Bee 7
Megachile sculpturalis
American Bumble Bee 8
Bombus pensylvanicus
Urbane Digger Bee 9
Anthophora urbana
Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee 10
Xylocopa tabaniformis
Valley Carpenter Bee 11
Xylocopa varipuncta
Sonoran Bumble Bee 12
Bombus sonorus
Foothill Carpenter Bee 13
Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex
Pure Green Sweat Bee 14
Augochlora pura
Green Metallic Sweat Bee 15
Augochloropsis metallica
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp 16
Trypoxylon politum
Great Golden Digger Wasp 17
Sphex ichneumoneus
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 18
Chlorion aerarium
Eremnophila aureonotata 19
Sunflower Bee 20
Svastra obliqua
Southeastern Blueberry Bee 21
Habropoda laboriosa
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 22
Sceliphron caementarium
Sphex lucae 23
Common Thread-waisted Wasp 24
Ammophila procera
Southern Carpenter Bee 25
Xylocopa micans
Blueberry Mason Bee 26
Osmia ribifloris
Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp 27
Chalybion californicum
Texas Striped Sweat Bee 28
Agapostemon texanus
Abrupt Digger Bee 29
Anthophora abrupta
Horse Guard Wasp 30
Stictia carolina
Ammophila pictipennis 31
Four-banded Stink Bug Hunter Wasp 32
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Ligated Furrow Bee 33
Halictus ligatus
Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee 7
Agapostemon splendens
Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee 34
Megachile mendica
Parallel Leaf-cutter Bee 35
Megachile parallela
Cerceris bicornuta 36
Trypoxylon texense 37
Iridescent Cockroach-hunter Wasp
Chlorion cyaneum
Golden-reined Digger Wasp 38
Sphex habenus
Northern Rotund-resin Bee 12
Anthidiellum notatum
Svastra petulca 39
Megachile policaris 40
Black Reed Wasp 37
Trypoxylon spinosum
Sphex texanus 37
Bicyrtes ventralis 41
Psammaletes mexicanus 42
Ceratina cobaltina 39
Norton's Alkali Bee 43
Nomia nortoni
California Digger Bee 44
Anthophora californica
Slender Resin Bee 37
Megachile exilis
Megachile prosopidis 37
Sunflower Sweat Bee 6
Dieunomia heteropoda
Compact Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 45
Epeolus compactus
Melissodes tristis 46
shining oil-digger 45
Centris nitida
California Cuckoo Bee 47
Xeromelecta californica
Tepanec Long-horned Bee
Melissodes tepaneca
Centris atripes 48
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 49
Megachile inimica
Two-banded Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 50
Epeolus bifasciatus
Megachile comata 37
Mexican Carpenter Bee 51
Xylocopa mexicanorum
Svastra obliqua obliqua 52
Osmia ribifloris ribifloris 26
Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee 53
Megachile xylocopoides
Parkinson's Carpenter Bee 54
Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae
Nomia universitatis 50
Cordley's Long-horned Bee 55
Eucera cordleyi
Texas Carpenter Bee 8
Xylocopa virginica texana
Dianthidium curvatum 21
Dianthidium curvatum sayi 56
Liris partitus 57
Texas Nomad Bee 48
Nomada texana
Glenostictia pictifrons
Svastra atripes 58
Ammophila cleopatra 37
Two-spotted Long-horned Bee 39
Melissodes bimaculatus
Coelioxys mexicanus 59

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

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