Ants, Bees and Wasps of the Big Thicket in East Texas

Mining Bee

Mining Bee

Metallic Green Bee

Honey Bee

Sweat Bee

Sweat Bee

Andrena sp.

Andrena sp.

Agapostemon sp.

Apis mellifera

Augochloropsis metallica

Augochloropsis sp.

Bumble Bee

American Bumble Bee

Long-horned Bee

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee

Carpenter Bee

Southern Carpenter Bee

Bombus sp.

Bombus pensylvanicus

Melissodes bimaculata

Megachile xylocopoides

Xylocopa sp.

Xylocopa micans

Large tbd Bee

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Texas Leaf Cutting Ant

Eastern Black Carpenter Ant

Queen Eastern Black Carpenter Ant

Fire Ant

Elongate Twig Ant

Elongate Twig Ant

Atta texana

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

Solenopsis sp.

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

Fungus Farming Ant, Queen

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Trachymyrmex sp.

Apoid Sand Wasp

Square Headed Wasp

Apoid Sand Wasp

Beewolf Wasp

Beewolf Wasp

Easter Cicada Killer in Flight

Bicyrtes sp.

Ectemnius sp.

Glenostictia sp.

Philanthus gibbosus

Philanthus gibbosus

Sphecius speciosus

Braconid Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

Braconid Wasp

Braconid Wasp

Atanycolus sp.

Baryceros sp.

Gnamptopelta obsidianator

Labena grallator

Family Braconidae

Phanerotoma sp.

Ichneumon Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

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Euceros sp.

Possible Brachycyrtus sp.

Subfamily Campopleginae

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp

Spider Wasp

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Anoplius americanus

Anoplius atrox

Entypus unifasciatus

Poecilopompilus interruptus

Tachypompilus ferrugineus

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Scoliid Wasp

Scoliid Wasp

Scolid Wasp

For Later Use

Campsomeris plumipes

Scolia dubia

Trielis octomaculata

Thread-waisted Wasp

Thread Waisted Wasp

Thread Waisted Wasp

Grass Carrying Wasp

Thread-waisted Wasp

Great Golden Digger Wasp

Ammophila sp.

Chlorion aerarium

Eremnophila aureonotata

Isodontia exornata

Prionyx parkeri

Sphex ichneumoneus

Great Golden Digger Wasp

Golden-reigned Wasp

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Sphex ichneumoneus

Sphex habenus

Potter Wasp

Potter Wasp

Wasp

Mason Wasp

Potter Wasp

Red Wasp

Eumenes fraternus

Eumenes fraternus

Euodynerus sp.

Monobia quadridens

Parancistrocerus sp.

Polistes carolina

Red Wasp

Paper Wasp

Paper Wasp

Mason Wasp

Eastern Yellowjacket Worker

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Polistes carolina

Polistes metricus

Polistes sp.

Pseudodynerus quadrisectus

Vespula maculifrons

Queen Eastern Yellowjacket

Southern Yellow Jacket Queen in flight

Southern Yellowjacket

Potter Wasp

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Vespula maculifrons

Vespula squamosa

Vespula squamosa

Zethus spinipes

Cuckoo Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

Ensign Wasp(tiny)

Crown-of-thorns Wasp

Crown-of-thorns Wasp

Typhiid Wasp

Chrysis sp.

Possible Thyreodon sp.

Hyptia sp.

Megischus bicolor

Megischus bicolor

Myzinum obscurum

Five-banded Tiphiid Wasp

Typhiid Wasp

American Pelecinid Wasp

Ichneumon Wasp

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Myzinum quinquecinctum

Myzinum sp.

Pelecinus polyturator

Subfamily Cryptinae

Cow Killer Velvet Ant, Soaked by rain but alive.

Cow Killer Velvet Ant

Velvet Ant, ANT10

Velvet Ant

Velvet Ant

Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla occidentalis

Dasymutilla occidentalis

Dasymutilla quadriguttata

Dasymutilla quadriguttata

Pseudomethoca sp.

Sphaeropthalma pensylvanica

Velvet Ant

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Bees

Wasps (Family Crabronidae)

Braconid and Ichneumon Wasps (Superfamily Ichneumonoidea)

Spider Wasps (Family Pompilidae)

Scoliid Wasps (Family Scoliidae)

Thread-Waisted Wasps (Family Sphecidae)

(Family Vespidae)

Wasps (Various Families)

Velvet Ants (Family Mutillidae)

Other Ants

ANTS, BEES, & WASPS of the Big Thicket in East Texas
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Red-headed Pine Sawfly Larvae

Cimbicid Sawfly

Striped Alder Sawfly

Asian horntail Wasp

Horntail Wasp

Common Sawfly

Neodiprion lecontei

Abia sp. Sawfly Larvae

Hemichroa crocea

Eriotremex formosanus

Tremex colomba

Tenthredo sp.

Sawfly

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Acantholyda sp.

Sawflies, Horntails & Wood Wasps

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