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Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

This is a guide to the Hymenoptera of the British Indian Ocean Territory. The species listed here are primarily those recorded in the Zoological Society London checklist. Additional species have been added from surveys collected through a Darwin Plus project (DPLUS151). This list is not ...more ↓

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Emerald Cockroach Wasp ¹
Ampulex compressa

Western Honey Bee ²
Apis mellifera

Oriental Mud-dauber Wasp ³
Chalybion bengalense

Chalybion ⁴

Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees ⁵
Megachile

Pison ⁶

Sphex sericeus ¹

Trypoxylon ⁷

Windowed Carpenter ⁸
Xylocopa fenestrata

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Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) of the British Indian Ocean Territory

Emerald Cockroach Wasp 1 Ampulex compressa

Western Honey Bee 2 Apis mellifera

Oriental Mud-dauber Wasp 3 Chalybion bengalense

Chalybion 4

Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees 5 Megachile

Pison 6

Sphex sericeus 1

Trypoxylon 7

Windowed Carpenter 8 Xylocopa fenestrata