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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
Little Black Ant 28
Monomorium minimum
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant 29
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Western Honey Bee 30
Apis mellifera
Lasioglossum 31
Pure Green-Sweat bee 32
Augochlora pura
Mason Bees 33
Osmia
Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 34
Megachile
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 35
Agapostemon virescens
Eastern Yellowjacket 36
Vespula maculifrons
Four-toothed Mason Wasp 37
Monobia quadridens
Southern Yellowjacket 38
Vespula squamosa
Fraternal Potter Wasp 39
Eumenes fraternus
Euodynerus 40
Great Golden Digger Wasp 41
Sphex ichneumoneus
Golden-reined Digger Wasp 42
Sphex habenus
Katydid Wasp 43
Sphex nudus
Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp 44
Isodontia mexicana
Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp 37
Isodontia auripes
Black Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 45
Megarhyssa atrata
Long-tailed Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 46
Megarhyssa macrurus
Eastern Carpenter Bee 47
Xylocopa virginica
Two-spotted Bumble Bee 48
Bombus bimaculatus
Sculptured Resin Bee 22
Megachile sculpturalis
Hunter's Little Paper Wasp 49
Polistes dorsalis
American Bumble Bee 24
Bombus pensylvanicus
European Woolcarder Bee 50
Anthidium manicatum
Small Honey Ant 10
Prenolepis imparis
American Pelecinid Wasp 51
Pelecinus polyturator
Hornworm Parasitoid Wasp 52
Cotesia congregata
Bent-shielded Besieger Wasp 53
Gnamptopelta obsidianator
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp 12
Trypoxylon politum
Common Eastern Bumble Bee 32
Bombus impatiens
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 37
Bombus griseocollis
Blue Orchard Bee 35
Osmia lignaria
Blueberry Digger Bee 54
Habropoda laboriosa
Wool Sower Gall Wasp 55
Callirhytis seminator
Greene's Giant Ichneumonid Wasp 56
Megarhyssa greenei
Chestnut Carpenter Ant 57
Camponotus castaneus
Abrupt Digger Bee 58
Anthophora abrupta
Spongy Oak Apple Gall Wasp 59
Amphibolips confluenta
Myzinum obscurum 60
Bearded Carpenter ant 61
Camponotus subbarbatus
Ammophila pictipennis 62
Larger Empty Oak Apple Wasp 63
Amphibolips quercusinanis
Oak Apple Gall Wasp 34
Amphibolips cookii
Acorn Plum Gall Wasp 64
Amphibolips quercusjuglans
Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp 65
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Oak Rough Bulletgall Wasp 66
Disholcaspis quercusmamma
Ichneumon centrator 67
Furry Oak Leaf Gall Wasp 68
Callirhytis furva
Enicospilus purgatus 69
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee 70
Megachile pugnata
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee 71
Bombus auricomus
Eastern Miner Bee 35
Calliopsis andreniformis
Fragile Miner Bee 72
Andrena fragilis
Spring Beauty Miner 73
Andrena erigeniae
Hawthorn Mining Bee 11
Andrena crataegi
Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee 5
Nomada luteoloides
Unequal Cellophane Bee 35
Colletes inaequalis
Parancistrocerus perennis 10
Larger Yellow Ant
Lasius interjectus
Dolichomitus irritator 3
Cerceris kennicottii 74
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus 75
Sunflower Burrowing-Resin bee 27
Paranthidium jugatorium
Ectemnius decemmaculatus 69
Euodynerus hidalgo 76
Louisiana Painted-Dark bee 77
Stelis louisae
Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter 24
Megachile xylocopoides

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