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The red ants, here a winged male, are produced in great numbers at particular times of the year.

Red Ant

The red ants, here a winged male, are produced in great numbers at particular times of the year.

The red ants, here a wingless neutered male, are produced in great numbers at particular times of the year.

Red Ant

The red ants, here a wingless neutered male, are produced in great numbers at particular times of the…

Also known as cow killers, are not actually ants but a type of wasp. they get their name from their hair, which ranges from red and black to completely white, or may silvery golden.

Velvet Ant

Also known as cow killers, are not actually ants but a type of wasp. they get their name from their…

A bee of the colletes genus that usually live in the ground.

Bee

A bee of the colletes genus that usually live in the ground.

The namaqua bee-eater, native to Western Africa. Its diet consists of insects, particularly bees and wasps, hence its namesake.

Namaqua Bee-Eater

The namaqua bee-eater, native to Western Africa. Its diet consists of insects, particularly bees and…

This illustration shows the male and female pupae in galls-enlarged.

Blastophaga

This illustration shows the male and female pupae in galls-enlarged.

A gnat or mosquito, a tibialis species.

Conops

A gnat or mosquito, a tibialis species.

A kind of stinging insect.

Cynips

A kind of stinging insect.

Mud Daubers plaster their nests against out-houses, in all sorts of corners and under all sorts of shelters

Mud Dauber

Mud Daubers plaster their nests against out-houses, in all sorts of corners and under all sorts of shelters

Gall-fly is a name applied to the members of the family Cynipidae, which are not flies, but are related to ants and bees (order Hymenoptera).

Gall-fly

Gall-fly is a name applied to the members of the family Cynipidae, which are not flies, but are related…

"Hornet is the largest species of wasp found in America. The thorax is mostly black; the abdomen is yellow, with three brown points. The sting is very painful. The hornet is a very voracious insect, seizing and devouring bees and other insects, or carrying them to its nest to feed its young. The nest is commonly in some sheltered place."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)

Hornet

"Hornet is the largest species of wasp found in America. The thorax is mostly black; the abdomen is…

A small stinging insect with six yellow spots on the subpedunculate abdomen.

Hornet

A small stinging insect with six yellow spots on the subpedunculate abdomen.

A hornet's nest attached to a branch of a tree.

Hornet Nest

A hornet's nest attached to a branch of a tree.

<em>Tremex columba</em>, larva with young larva of Thalessa fastened to its side.

Pigeon Horntail

Tremex columba, larva with young larva of Thalessa fastened to its side.

<em>Tremex columba</em>, head of larva.

Pigeon Horntail

Tremex columba, head of larva.

<em>Tremex columba</em>, female pupa.

Pigeon Horntail

Tremex columba, female pupa.

<em>Tremex columba</em>, male pupa.

Pigeon Horntail

Tremex columba, male pupa.

<em>Tremex columba</em>, female.

Pigeon Horntail

Tremex columba, female.

This female parasitic wasp has a strong boring ovipositor for laying eggs in holes she drills in trees.

Ichneumon

This female parasitic wasp has a strong boring ovipositor for laying eggs in holes she drills in trees.

This female parasitic wasp has a strong boring ovipositor for laying eggs in holes she drills in trees.

Ichneumon

This female parasitic wasp has a strong boring ovipositor for laying eggs in holes she drills in trees.

The large Ichneumon fly with long flexible ovipositor.

Ichneumon

The large Ichneumon fly with long flexible ovipositor.

Pimpla, A destructive insect.

Ichneumon

Pimpla, A destructive insect.

The Ichneumonoidea are insects classified in the hymenopteran suborder Apocrita. The super family is made up of the ichneumon wasps (often inaccurately called "ichneumon flies"; family Ichneumonidae) and the braconids (family Braconidae). Like other parasitic wasps, they were long placed in the "Parasitica", variously considered as an infraorder or an unranked clade, but actually not a monophyletic group.

Ichneumon Fly

The Ichneumonoidea are insects classified in the hymenopteran suborder Apocrita. The super family is…

Sarcostyles from the wing muscle of a wasp. A, A'. A sarcostyles showing degrees of retraction. B. A sarcostyle extended with the sarcous element separated into two parts. C. Sarcostyles moderately extended.

Sarcostyles from Wasp

Sarcostyles from the wing muscle of a wasp. A, A'. A sarcostyles showing degrees of retraction. B. A…

This gooseberry sawfly is a member of the large order, Hymenoptera.

Sawfly

This gooseberry sawfly is a member of the large order, Hymenoptera.

"On the continent of Europe the <em>Sirex gigas</em> often appears in immense numbers, and does great damage in this way." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Sawfly

"On the continent of Europe the Sirex gigas often appears in immense numbers, and does great…

"Corn Sawfly: a, maggot, natural size; b, maggot, magnified; c, the maggot in its ear in the stem of the corn; d, female insect, magnified; e, female insect, natural size." &mdash; Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875

Corn Sawfly

"Corn Sawfly: a, maggot, natural size; b, maggot, magnified; c, the maggot in its ear in the stem of…

A rose eating fly.

Rose Sawfly

A rose eating fly.

The securifera or saws of the sawfly (Lophyrus suffusus), an insect related to the wasps and bees.

Securifera

The securifera or saws of the sawfly (Lophyrus suffusus), an insect related to the wasps and bees.

"Clear-winged moths, Sesiidae, day-fliers, and looking more like bees, wasps, and ichneumons which they are supposed to imitate." &mdash; Encyclopedia Britanica; 1893

Sesiidae

"Clear-winged moths, Sesiidae, day-fliers, and looking more like bees, wasps, and ichneumons which they…

"Hornets and wasps and their structures." &mdash; Goodrich, 1859

Structures of hornets and wasps

"Hornets and wasps and their structures." — Goodrich, 1859

Female wasps have stingers that they use to paralyze their prey.

Wasp

Female wasps have stingers that they use to paralyze their prey.

"<em>Agenia bombycina</em> (Cresson). a, cell constructed by the wasp; b, female wasp. (The vertical line shows natural size.)"-Whitney, 1902

Wasp

"Agenia bombycina (Cresson). a, cell constructed by the wasp; b, female wasp. (The vertical…

A genus of insects somewhat resembling bees, but differing fromm them in having a more powerful sting, body less bulky, and in not being useful for the production of wax and honey.

Wasp

A genus of insects somewhat resembling bees, but differing fromm them in having a more powerful sting,…

This illustration shows a Blastophaga grossorum: a, adult female with wings extended, seen from above; b, female not yet entirely issued from pupal skin and still contained in gall; c, antenna of female; d, head of female from below; e, adult male; f, the same-all greatly enlarged.

Wasp

This illustration shows a Blastophaga grossorum: a, adult female with wings extended, seen from above;…

"Semiotellus chalcidiphagus. a, female, from side." -Whitney, 1911

Wasp

"Semiotellus chalcidiphagus. a, female, from side." -Whitney, 1911

"Semiotellus chalcidiphagus. a, male, from above." -Whitney, 1911

Wasp

"Semiotellus chalcidiphagus. a, male, from above." -Whitney, 1911

The European Hornet (Vespa crabro) and the wasp (Vespa vulgaris).

Wasp and Hornet

The European Hornet (Vespa crabro) and the wasp (Vespa vulgaris).

The cocoon of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects as hosts until they are eventually killed.

Parasite Wasp Cocoon

The cocoon of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects…

The larva of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects as hosts until they are eventually killed.

Parasite Wasp Larva

The larva of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects as…

The subterranean nest of the common wasp.

Wasp Nest

The subterranean nest of the common wasp.

The pupa of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects as hosts until they are eventually killed.

Parasite Wasp Pupa

The pupa of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects as…

The female adult of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects as hosts until they are eventually killed.

Female Adult Parasite Wasp

The female adult of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects…

The male adult of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects as hosts until they are eventually killed.

Male Adult Parasite Wasp

The male adult of Sigalphus curculionis, a species of parasitoid wasps. These insects use other insects…

Eupelmus floridanus is a species of Chalcid wasp, a parasitic insect in the Eupelmidae family.

Chalcid Wasp

Eupelmus floridanus is a species of Chalcid wasp, a parasitic insect in the Eupelmidae family.

Embolimus americanus is a species of wasp belonging to the Proctotrupoidea superfamily of various wasps.

Embolimus Wasp

Embolimus americanus is a species of wasp belonging to the Proctotrupoidea superfamily of various wasps.

<i>Chalybion caeruleum</i>. "A family of fossorial hymenopters, or digger wasps. The prothorax is narrowed anteriorly, and forms a sort of neck; the basal segment of the abdomen is narrowed into a long, smooth, round petiole; and the head and thorax are usually clothed with a long, thin pubescence. These wasps usually burrow into sand-banks, and provision their cells with caterpillars and spiders." &mdash;Whitney, 1889

Spider Huntress Wasp

Chalybion caeruleum. "A family of fossorial hymenopters, or digger wasps. The prothorax is narrowed…

Pepsis formosus, tarantula-hawk.

Tarantula Wasp

Pepsis formosus, tarantula-hawk.

<em>Vespa maculata</em>

White-faced Wasp

Vespa maculata