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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 Cicada-killer Wasp 1
Sphecius speciosus
Common Thread-waisted Wasp 2
Ammophila procera
Horse Guard Wasp 3
Stictia carolina
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 4
Sceliphron caementarium
Astata 5
Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp 6
Eremnophila aureonotata
Steel-blue Cricket-hunter Wasp 7
Chlorion aerarium
Isodontia apicalis 8
Nearctic Blue Mud-dauber Wasp 5
Chalybion californicum
Great Black Digger Wasp 9
Sphex pensylvanicus
Prionyx parkeri 1
Hump-backed Beewolf 10
Philanthus gibbosus
Western Honey Bee 11
Apis mellifera
Lasioglossum 12
Pure Green-Sweat bee 13
Augochlora pura
Mason Bees 14
Osmia
Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 15
Megachile
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 16
Agapostemon virescens
Great Golden Digger Wasp 17
Sphex ichneumoneus
Golden-reined Digger Wasp 18
Sphex habenus
Katydid Wasp 19
Sphex nudus
Mexican Grass-carrying Wasp 20
Isodontia mexicana
Brown-legged Grass-carrying Wasp 21
Isodontia auripes
Eastern Carpenter Bee 22
Xylocopa virginica
Two-spotted Bumble Bee 23
Bombus bimaculatus
Sculptured Resin Bee 24
Megachile sculpturalis
American Bumble Bee 25
Bombus pensylvanicus
European Woolcarder Bee 26
Anthidium manicatum
Organ-pipe Mud-dauber Wasp 6
Trypoxylon politum
Common Eastern Bumble Bee 13
Bombus impatiens
Brown-belted Bumble Bee 21
Bombus griseocollis
Blue Orchard Bee 16
Osmia lignaria
Blueberry Digger Bee 27
Habropoda laboriosa
Abrupt Digger Bee 28
Anthophora abrupta
Ammophila pictipennis 29
Four-banded Stink Bug Wasp 30
Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus
Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee 31
Megachile pugnata
Black-and-gold Bumble Bee 32
Bombus auricomus
Eastern Miner Bee 16
Calliopsis andreniformis
Fragile Miner Bee 33
Andrena fragilis
Spring Beauty Miner 34
Andrena erigeniae
Hawthorn Mining Bee 5
Andrena crataegi
Black-and-yellow Nomad Bee 35
Nomada luteoloides
Unequal Cellophane Bee 16
Colletes inaequalis
Cerceris kennicottii 36
Sunflower Burrowing-Resin bee 37
Paranthidium jugatorium
Ectemnius decemmaculatus 38
Louisiana Painted-Dark bee 39
Stelis louisae
Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter 25
Megachile xylocopoides
Cerceris insolita 35
Tachytes guatemalensis 40
Cerceris atramontensis
Poey's Furrow Bee 41
Halictus poeyi
Two-spotted Longhorn Bee 42
Melissodes bimaculatus
Eight-toothed Cuckoo Leaf-cutter Bee 43
Coelioxys octodentatus
Hibiscus Turret Bee 44
Ptilothrix bombiformis
Ligated Furrow Bee 45
Halictus ligatus
Andrena hilaris 46
Northern Rotund-Resin Bee 47
Anthidiellum notatum
Calliopsis Cuckoo Nomad Bee 48
Holcopasites calliopsidis
Petulant Leaf-cutter Bee 49
Megachile petulans
Smoky-winged Beetle Bandit Wasp 50
Cerceris fumipennis
Bellflower Resin Bee 16
Megachile campanulae
Rufous-backed Cellophane Bee 51
Colletes thoracicus
Hoplisoides semipunctatus 52
Coelioxys germanus 1

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