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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
Little Black Ant 27
Monomorium minimum
Eastern Black Carpenter Ant 28
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
Western Honey Bee 29
Apis mellifera
Lasioglossum 30
Pure Green-Sweat bee 31
Augochlora pura
Mason Bees 32
Osmia
Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 33
Megachile
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 34
Agapostemon virescens
Eastern Yellowjacket 35
Vespula maculifrons
Four-toothed Mason Wasp 36
Monobia quadridens
Southern Yellowjacket 37
Vespula squamosa
Fraternal Potter Wasp 38
Eumenes fraternus
Euodynerus 39
Great Golden Digger Wasp 40
Sphex ichneumoneus
Golden-reined Digger Wasp 41
Sphex habenus
Katydid Wasp 42
Sphex nudus
Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp 43
Isodontia mexicana
Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp 36
Isodontia auripes
Eastern Carpenter Bee 44
Xylocopa virginica
Two-spotted Bumble Bee 45
Bombus bimaculatus
Sculptured Resin Bee 22
Megachile sculpturalis
Hunter's Little Paper Wasp 46
Polistes dorsalis
American Bumble Bee 24
Bombus pensylvanicus
European Woolcarder Bee 47
Anthidium manicatum
Small Honey Ant 10
Prenolepis imparis
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp 12
Trypoxylon politum
Common Eastern Bumble Bee 31
Bombus impatiens
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 36
Bombus griseocollis
Blue Orchard Bee 34
Osmia lignaria
Blueberry Digger Bee 48
Habropoda laboriosa
Chestnut Carpenter Ant 49
Camponotus castaneus
Abrupt Digger Bee 50
Anthophora abrupta
Myzinum obscurum 51
Bearded Carpenter ant 52
Camponotus subbarbatus
Ammophila pictipennis 53
Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp 54
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee 55
Megachile pugnata
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee 56
Bombus auricomus
Eastern Miner Bee 34
Calliopsis andreniformis
Fragile Miner Bee 57
Andrena fragilis
Spring Beauty Miner 58
Andrena erigeniae
Hawthorn Mining Bee 11
Andrena crataegi
Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee 5
Nomada luteoloides
Unequal Cellophane Bee 34
Colletes inaequalis
Parancistrocerus perennis 10
Larger Yellow Ant
Lasius interjectus
Cerceris kennicottii 59
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus 60
Sunflower Burrowing-Resin bee 61
Paranthidium jugatorium
Ectemnius decemmaculatus 62
Euodynerus hidalgo 63
Louisiana Painted-Dark bee 64
Stelis louisae
Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter 24
Megachile xylocopoides
Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica 3
Pseudomethoca simillima 65
Zethus spinipes 66
Cerceris insolita 5
Tachytes guatemalensis 67
Caliadurgus fasciatellus 68
Cerceris atramontensis
Poey's Furrow Bee 69
Halictus poeyi
Euodynerus schwarzi 10
Two-spotted Longhorn Bee 70
Melissodes bimaculatus
Immigrant Pavement Ant 71
Tetramorium immigrans
Feather-legged Scoliid Wasp 72
Dielis plumipes
Eight-toothed Cuckoo Leaf-cutter Bee 73
Coelioxys octodentatus
Stenodynerus lineatifrons 74
Ferruginous Carpenter Ant 16
Camponotus chromaiodes
Ringed Paper Wasp 75
Polistes annularis
Silky Field Ant 16
Formica subsericea

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