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The Natural World of Southern Illinois

This is a growing guide of all the wildlife and plant species that one might find in Southern Illinois.

Ammophila pictipennis 1
Common Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila procera
Great Black Wasp 2
Sphex pensylvanicus
Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp 3
Sceliphron caementarium
Common Eastern Bumble Bee 4
Bombus impatiens
Pure Green Augochlora 5
Augochlora pura
Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee 5
Agapostemon virescens
Common Eastern Velvet Ant 6
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp 7
Scolia dubia
Dark Paper Wasp 8
Polistes fuscatus

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