Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, emerging from a parasitized cockroach egg case. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona. filename: encyrtid2 - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography

Hymenoptera

is a diverse order of insects that contains wasps, bees, and sawflies. Many species are parasitic on other insects and are important in biological control of pests. Several groups have evolved complex social behavior, particularly in the bees and ants.

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Agapostemon sp. - Green Metallic Bee. New York, USA.

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Apis mellifera - Honey bee. Melbourne, Australia.

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Bombus impatiens - bumblebee nest. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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Dasymutilla gloriosa - Thistledown Velvet Ant. California, USA.

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Eucharitid wasp, male. California, USA.

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Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, inspecting cockroach egg cases. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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Sweat bees (Halictidae) collecting pollen from sideoats grama, a native prairie grass.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

At the entrance of a small stingless bee nest (Tetragonisca angustula), workers remove bits of debris from the hive.

Morretes, Paraná, Brazil

Encyrtid wasp, Comperia merceti, emerging from a parasitized cockroach egg case. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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Keywords: eggs insect insects cockroach antennae wasp wasps hymenoptera parasite ecology parasitism parasitoid parasitoids biocontrol encyrtidae

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Hymenoptera

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