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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
Honey-tailed Striped Sweat Bee 2
Agapostemon melliventris
Eastern Carpenter Bee 3
Xylocopa virginica
Agile Long-horned Bee 4
Melissodes agilis
Sculptured Resin Bee 5
Megachile sculpturalis
American Bumble Bee 6
Bombus pensylvanicus
Urbane Digger Bee 7
Anthophora urbana
Horsefly-like Carpenter Bee 8
Xylocopa tabaniformis
Valley Carpenter Bee 9
Xylocopa varipuncta
Sonoran Bumble Bee 10
Bombus sonorus
Foothill Carpenter Bee 11
Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex
Pure Green Sweat Bee 12
Augochlora pura
Green Metallic Sweat Bee 13
Augochloropsis metallica
Sunflower Bee 14
Svastra obliqua
Southeastern Blueberry Bee 15
Habropoda laboriosa
Southern Carpenter Bee 16
Xylocopa micans
Blueberry Mason Bee 17
Osmia ribifloris
Texas Striped Sweat Bee 18
Agapostemon texanus
Abrupt Digger Bee 19
Anthophora abrupta
Ligated Furrow Bee 20
Halictus ligatus
Brown-winged Striped Sweat Bee 5
Agapostemon splendens
Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee 21
Megachile mendica
Parallel Leaf-cutter Bee 22
Megachile parallela
Northern Rotund-resin Bee 10
Anthidiellum notatum
Svastra petulca 23
Megachile policaris 24
Ceratina cobaltina 23
Norton's Alkali Bee 25
Nomia nortoni
California Digger Bee 26
Anthophora californica
Slender Resin Bee 27
Megachile exilis
Megachile prosopidis 27
Sunflower Sweat Bee 4
Dieunomia heteropoda
Compact Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 28
Epeolus compactus
Melissodes tristis 29
shining oil-digger 28
Centris nitida
California Cuckoo Bee 30
Xeromelecta californica
Tepanec Long-horned Bee
Melissodes tepaneca
Centris atripes 31
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee 32
Megachile inimica
Two-banded Cellophane-cuckoo Bee 33
Epeolus bifasciatus
Megachile comata 27
Mexican Carpenter Bee 34
Xylocopa mexicanorum
Svastra obliqua obliqua 35
Osmia ribifloris ribifloris 17
Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee 36
Megachile xylocopoides
Parkinson's Carpenter Bee 37
Xylocopa tabaniformis parkinsoniae
Nomia universitatis 33
Cordley's Long-horned Bee 38
Eucera cordleyi
Texas Carpenter Bee 6
Xylocopa virginica texana
Dianthidium curvatum 15
Dianthidium curvatum sayi 39
Texas Nomad Bee 31
Nomada texana
Svastra atripes 40
Two-spotted Long-horned Bee 23
Melissodes bimaculatus
Coelioxys mexicanus 41

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

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