Hymenoptera: sawflies, wasps, ants & bees

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Hymenoptera: sawflies, wasps, bees & ants

Hymenoptera: overview

suborder Symphyta: sawflies & horntails

superfamily Ichneumonoidea: braconids & ichneumonids

braconid life cycle

Chrysididae: cuckoo wasps

Scoliidae: scoliid wasps

Mutilidae: velvet “ants”

Formicidae: ants

Life in an anthill

Pompilidae: spider wasps

Vespidae: wasps, hornets, yellow jackets

Sphecidae: mud daubers

superfamily Apoidea

Halictidae: sweat bees

Apidae: honey bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees

honey bee photos

what we see

the same view through a bee's eye

photo sources

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