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 ANTS, BEES, WASPS & SAWFLIES (HYMENOPTERA)
 FAMILY SPHECIDAE - THREAD-WAISTED WASPS
Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila procera
Isodontia sp.
Grass-carrying Wasp
Brown-legged Grass-carrier
Brown-legged Grass-carrier
Eremnophila aureonotata
Eremnophila aureonotata
Great Black Wasp
Great Black Wasp
Great Gold-digger Wasp
Great Gold-Digger Wasp
   
 FAMILY VESPIDAE - YELLOWJACKETS, PAPER WASPS AND HORNETS; POTTER, MASON & POLLEN WASPS
Paper Wasp, Polistes metricus
Polistes metricus 
Paper wasp, Polistres Dorsalis
Polistres Dorsalis
Ancistrocerus antilope
Ancistrocerus antilope
Mason Wasp
Mason Wasp
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus
Pseudodynerus quadrisectus
Common Aerial Jellowjacket
Common Aerial Jellowjacket
European Hornet
European Hornet
 
 FAMILY MUTILLIDAE - VELVET ANTS
Red Velvet Ant
Red Velvet Ant/Cow Killer
     
 FAMILY ICHNEUMONIDAE - ICHNEUMON WASPS
Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp
Short-tailed
Megarhyssa atrata
Stump Stabber
   
Family Megachilidae - Leaf-cutter Bees, Mason Bees, and allies
Cuckoo Leafcutting Bee
Cuckoo Leafcutting Bee
     
 FAMILY CRABRONIDAE
Sand Wasp
Sand Wasp
     
 FAMILY SCOLIIDAE - SCOLIID WASPS
Digger Wasp
Digger Wasp
Scolia nobilitata
Scolia nobilitata
   
 Family Gasteruptiidae - Carrot Wasps
Gasteruption sp.
Gasteruption