Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies - # - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

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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Partamona soil-nesting stingless bees.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Eucharitid wasps mating. Insects of this family are parasites of ant brood.

Maquipucuna reserve, Pichincha, Ecuador

Encarsia pergandiella - biocontrol wasp attacking a Bemisia tabaci whitefly. Laboratory colony at the University of Arizona.

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Evania appendigaster - Ensign Wasp. Arizona, USA.

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

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Foraging bees may gather both nectar and pollen. Both are visible on this worker, returning to the nest with a full honey stomach (visible as the distended abdomen) and pollen (stored in baskets on the legs).

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A mining bee (Andrenidae) gathers nectar and pollen from a spring dandelion.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A drone honey bee, Apis mellifera.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Lytopylus (Braconidae: Agathidinae) wasp ovipositing into a sunflower. These insects are parasites of seed-feeding moths.

Lake Forest, Illinois, USA

Partamona soil-nesting stingless bees.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Partamona soil-nesting stingless bees.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Partamona soil-nesting stingless bees.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

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Keywords: rainforest apidae abejas native bees meliponinae stingless bees

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