Apis mellifera - western honey bee, drone. Urbana, Illinois, USA - 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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A bristly rose slug (Cladius difformis) chews through a leaf. This insect is the larva of a sawfly in the diverse family Tenthredinidae.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Black-headed Ash Sawfly - Tethida barda

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages on white sweet clover (Melilotus alba). Both species have been introduced to North America from Europe.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

A honey bee (Apis mellifera) forages on white sweet clover (Melilotus officinalis). Both species have been introduced to North America from Europe.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

The pigeon horntail Tremex columba may look like a dangerous wasp, but the long "sting" is just an egg-laying appendage. Larvae of this large sawfly feed on decaying wood.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Apis mellifera, the western honey bee.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Gonatopus wasps are parasites of leafhoppers.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Apis mellifera - western honey bee, drone.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Braconid wasps in the subfamily Alysiinae are parasites of flies.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Apis mellifera - western honey bee, drone.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Apis mellifera - western honey bee, drone.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Apis mellifera - western honey bee, drone.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Canon EOS 50D |

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Original size: 4288x2960 |

Current: 800x552 |

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