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Wasps, Bees, and Ants of the Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield area

Wasps, Bees, and Ants of the Richmond, Henrico, and Chesterfield area

Eastern Tawny-horned Spider Wasp 1
Entypus unifasciatus
Tawny-horned Spider Wasp 2
Entypus fulvicornis
Common Eastern Velvet Ant 3
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Two-speckled Cuckoo Spider Wasp 4
Ceropales bipunctata
Episyron 5
American Blue-black Spider Wasp 6
Anoplius americanus
Rusty Spider Wasp 7
Tachypompilus ferrugineus
Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp 3
Sphecius speciosus
Common Thread-waisted Wasp 8
Ammophila procera
Horse Guard Wasp 9
Stictia carolina
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 10
Sceliphron caementarium
Astata 11
Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp 12
Eremnophila aureonotata
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 13
Chlorion aerarium
Isodontia apicalis 14
Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp 11
Chalybion californicum
Great Black Digger Wasp 15
Sphex pensylvanicus
Prionyx parkeri 3
Hump-backed Beewolf 16
Philanthus gibbosus
Metallic Bluish-green Cuckoo Wasp 17
Chrysis angolensis
Double-banded Scoliid Wasp 18
Scolia bicincta
Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp 19
Scolia dubia
Noble Scoliid Wasp 3
Scolia nobilitata
European Hornet 20
Vespa crabro
Bald-faced Hornet 21
Dolichovespula maculata
Guinea Paper Wasp 22
Polistes exclamans
European Paper Wasp 23
Polistes dominula
Metric Paper Wasp 24
Polistes metricus
Dark Paper Wasp 25
Polistes fuscatus
Bellicose Paper Wasp 26
Polistes bellicosus
Limonethe maurator 27
Pigeon Horntail 28
Tremex columba
Little Black Ant 29
Monomorium minimum
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant 30
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Western Honey Bee 31
Apis mellifera
Lasioglossum 32
Pure Green-Sweat bee 33
Augochlora pura
Mason Bees 34
Osmia
Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 35
Megachile
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 36
Agapostemon virescens
Eastern Yellowjacket 37
Vespula maculifrons
Four-toothed Mason Wasp 38
Monobia quadridens
Southern Yellowjacket 39
Vespula squamosa
Fraternal Potter Wasp 40
Eumenes fraternus
Euodynerus 41
Great Golden Digger Wasp 42
Sphex ichneumoneus
Golden-reined Digger Wasp 43
Sphex habenus
Katydid Wasp 44
Sphex nudus
Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp 45
Isodontia mexicana
Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp 38
Isodontia auripes
Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 46
Megarhyssa atrata
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 47
Megarhyssa macrurus
Eastern Carpenter Bee 48
Xylocopa virginica
Two-spotted Bumble Bee 49
Bombus bimaculatus
Sculptured Resin Bee 22
Megachile sculpturalis
Hunter's Little Paper Wasp 50
Polistes dorsalis
American Bumble Bee 24
Bombus pensylvanicus
European Woolcarder Bee 51
Anthidium manicatum
Small Honey Ant 10
Prenolepis imparis
American Pelecinid Wasp 52
Pelecinus polyturator
Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp 53
Cotesia congregata
Bent-shielded Besieger Wasp 54
Gnamptopelta obsidianator
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp 12
Trypoxylon politum
Common Eastern Bumble Bee 33
Bombus impatiens
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 38
Bombus griseocollis
Blue Orchard Bee 36
Osmia lignaria
Blueberry Digger Bee 55
Habropoda laboriosa
Wool Sower Gall Wasp 56
Callirhytis seminator
Greene's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 57
Megarhyssa greenei
Chestnut Carpenter Ant 58
Camponotus castaneus
Abrupt Digger Bee 59
Anthophora abrupta
Spongy Oak Apple Gall Wasp 60
Amphibolips confluenta
Red-headed Pine Sawfly 61
Neodiprion lecontei
Myzinum obscurum 62
Bearded Carpenter ant 63
Camponotus subbarbatus
Ammophila pictipennis 64
Larger Empty Oak Apple Wasp 65
Amphibolips quercusinanis
Oak Apple Gall Wasp 35
Amphibolips cookii
Acorn Plum Gall Wasp 66
Amphibolips quercusjuglans
Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp 67
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Oak Rough Bulletgall Wasp 68
Disholcaspis quercusmamma
Poison Ivy Sawfly 69
Arge humeralis
Ichneumon centrator 70
Furry Oak Leaf Gall Wasp 71
Callirhytis furva
Enicospilus purgatus 72
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee 73
Megachile pugnata
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee 74
Bombus auricomus
Eastern Miner Bee 36
Calliopsis andreniformis
Fragile Miner Bee 75
Andrena fragilis
Spring Beauty Miner 76
Andrena erigeniae
Hawthorn Mining Bee 11
Andrena crataegi
Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee 5
Nomada luteoloides
Unequal Cellophane Bee 36
Colletes inaequalis
Birch Sawfly 77
Arge pectoralis
Parancistrocerus perennis 10
Larger Yellow Ant
Lasius interjectus
Dolichomitus irritator 3
Cerceris kennicottii 78
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus 79
Sunflower Burrowing-Resin bee 27
Paranthidium jugatorium

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