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Arthropods of Massachusetts

Arthropods of Massachusetts

Western Honey Bee 1
Apis mellifera
Odorous House Ant 2
Tapinoma sessile
Great Black Digger Wasp 3
Sphex pensylvanicus
Eastern Carpenter Bee 4
Xylocopa virginica
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 5
Sphecius speciosus
Dark Paper Wasp 6
Polistes fuscatus
Golden Northern Bumble Bee 7
Bombus fervidus
Two-spotted Bumble Bee 8
Bombus bimaculatus
Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee 9
Megachile rotundata
Sculptured Resin Bee 10
Megachile sculpturalis
Bald-faced Hornet 11
Dolichovespula maculata
American Sand Wasp 12
Bembix americana
European Hornet 13
Vespa crabro
American Bumble Bee 14
Bombus pensylvanicus
Short Leafcutter 15
Megachile brevis
Pruinose Squash Bee 16
Peponapis pruinosa
European Wool Carder Bee 17
Anthidium manicatum
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant 18
Camponotus chromaiodes
Small Honey Ant 19
Prenolepis imparis
Amblyopone pallipes 20
Hairless Rover Ant 21
Brachymyrmex depilis
Western Carpenter Ant 22
Camponotus modoc
Silvery Field Ant 23
Formica argentea
Cornfield Ant 24
Lasius alienus
American Myrmecina 25
Myrmecina americana
Ghost Ant 26
Tapinoma melanocephalum
Formica lasioides 27
New World Black Ant 18
Formica neogagates
Turfgrass Ant 28
Lasius neoniger
Hairy Pheidole 29
Pheidole pilifera
Thief Ant 30
Solenopsis molesta
Uncertain Field Ant 31
Formica incerta
Blackjacket 12
Vespula consobrina
Pure Green Sweat Bee 32
Augochlora pura
Metallic Epauletted-Sweat Bee 18
Augochloropsis metallica
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 33
Agapostemon virescens
European Paper Wasp 34
Polistes dominula
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp 35
Trypoxylon politum
Great Golden Digger Wasp 36
Sphex ichneumoneus

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