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
For Later Use
Anoplius americanus
Anoplius atrox
Entypus unifasciatus
Poecilopompilus interruptus
Tachypompilus ferrugineus
 
For Later Use
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
For Later Use
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
For Later Use
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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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