Vespoidea - Ants, True Wasps, Scolliids, Velvet Ants, Sider Wasps | Index
Photos By Steve Nanz
Vespoidea
(Formicidae, Pompilidae, Mutillidae, Scoliidae, Vespidae)
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ant_and_robberfly_8840
Ant And Robberfly 8840.jpg
Ant
Brachymyrmex sp.?
Family: Formicidae
ant8539
Ant8539.jpg
Carpenter Ant
Camponotus sp.
Family: Formicidae
ant_6285
Ant 6285.jpg
Ant
Lasius sp.
Family: Formicidae
ant_and_aphid_6288
Ant and Aphid 6288.jpg
Ant
Lasius sp.
Family: Formicidae
ants_0848
Ants 0848.jpg
Ant
Lasius sp.
Family: Formicidae
ants_a_0848
Ants a_0848.jpg
Ant
Lasius sp.
Family: Formicidae
ant8993
Ant8993.jpg
False Honey Ant
Prenolepis imparis
Family: Formicidae
ants_0864
Ants 0864.jpg
False Honey Ant
Prenolepis imparis
Family: Formicidae
ant824
Ant824.jpg
False Honey Ant?
Prenolepis imparis?
Family: Formicidae
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ZH3Z6756.jpg
Ant
Formica obscuripes?
Family: Formicidae
zh3z6346
ZH3Z6346.jpg
Red Harvester Ant
Pogonomyrmex barbatus?
Family: Formicidae
dasymutilla_2619
Dasymutilla 2619.jpg
Cow Killer
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Family: Mutillidae
dasymutilla_2621
Dasymutilla 2621.jpg
Cow Killer
Dasymutilla occidentalis
Family: Mutillidae
pompilidae_0939
Pompilidae 0939.jpg
Spider Wasp

Family: Pompilidae
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Spider Wasp 9653.jpg
Spider Wasp
Anoplius sp.
Family: Pompilidae
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Mesopleuron suture 9658.jpg
Spider Wasp
Anoplius sp.
Family: Pompilidae
wing_9652
wing 9652.jpg
Spider Wasp
Anoplius sp.
Family: Pompilidae
zh3z6555
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Tarantula Hawk
Pepsis sp.
Family: Pompilidae
anoplius_sp4774
Anoplius Sp4774.jpg
Blue-Black Spider Wasp
Anoplius sp.
Family: Pompilidae
blue-winged_wasp710
Blue-winged Wasp710.jpg
Blue-winged Wasp
Scolia dubia
Family: Scoliidae
blue-winged_wasp060
Blue-winged Wasp060.jpg
Blue-winged Wasp
Scolia dubia
Family: Scoliidae
wasp4047
Wasp4047.jpg
Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus catskill
Family: Vespidae
wasp4048
Wasp4048.jpg
Potter Wasp
Ancistrocerus catskill
Family: Vespidae
eumenes_0765
Eumenes 0765.jpg
Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus
Family: Vespidae
potter_wasp_1505
Potter Wasp 1505.jpg
Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus
Family: Vespidae
eumenes_6113
Eumenes_6113.jpg
Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus
Family: Vespidae
eumenes_6119
Eumenes_6119.jpg
Potter Wasp
Eumenes fraternus
Family: Vespidae
euodynerus_foraminatus4852
Euodynerus foraminatus4852.jpg
Potter Wasp
Euodynerus foraminatus
Family: Vespidae
euodynerus_foraminatus4854
Euodynerus foraminatus4854.jpg
Potter Wasp
Euodynerus foraminatus
Family: Vespidae
monobia_quadridens473
Monobia quadridens473.jpg
Mason Wasp
Monobia quadridens
Family: Vespidae
monobia_0707
Monobia 0707.jpg
Mason Wasp
Monobia quadridens
Family: Vespidae
monobia_0766
Monobia 0766.jpg
Mason Wasp
Monobia quadridens
Family: Vespidae
wasp_1856
wasp 1856.jpg
Potter Wasp
Parancistrocerus perennis
Family: Vespidae
paper_wasp_7178
Paper Wasp_7178.jpg
Paper Wasp
Polistes annularis
Family: Vespidae
paper_wasp_4733
Paper Wasp_4733.jpg
Paper Wasp
Polistes bellicosus
Family: Vespidae
polistes_0738
Polistes_0738.jpg
European Paper Wasp
Polistes dominula
Family: Vespidae
polistes_0741
Polistes_0741.jpg
European Paper Wasp
Polistes dominula
Family: Vespidae
european_paper_wasp780
European Paper Wasp780.jpg
European Paper Wasp
Polistes dominulus
Family: Vespidae
wasps_2567
Wasps 2567.jpg
European Paper Wasp
Polistes dominulus
Family: Vespidae
paper_wasp_5090
Paper Wasp_5090.jpg
Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
Family: Vespidae
polistes_0882
Polistes_0882.jpg
Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
Family: Vespidae
dolichovespula_3906
Dolichovespula 3906.jpg
Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Dolichovespula arenaria
Family: Vespidae
dolichovespula_1537
Dolichovespula 1537.jpg
Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Dolichovespula arenaria
Family: Vespidae
dolichovespula_1539
Dolichovespula 1539.jpg
Common Aerial Yellowjacket
Dolichovespula arenaria
Family: Vespidae
baldfaced_hornet_nest727
Baldfaced Hornet Nest727.jpg
Baldfaced Hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
Family: Vespidae
baldfaced_hornet727
Baldfaced Hornet727.jpg
Baldfaced Hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
Family: Vespidae
wasp173
Wasp173.jpg
Baldfaced Hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
Family: Vespidae
baldfaced_hornet823
Baldfaced Hornet823.jpg
Baldfaced Hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
Family: Vespidae
vespula_germanica200
Vespula Germanica200.jpg
German Yellowjacket
Vespula Germanica
Family: Vespidae
vespula_germanica209
Vespula Germanica209.jpg
German Yellowjacket
Vespula Germanica
Family: Vespidae
vespula_germanica210
Vespula Germanica210.jpg
German Yellowjacket
Vespula Germanica
Family: Vespidae
wasp_1793
Wasp 1793.jpg
Common Yellowjacket
Vespula vulgaris
Family: Vespidae
wasp_1794
Wasp 1794.jpg
Common Yellowjacket
Vespula vulgaris
Family: Vespidae

Identifications represent best guesses on my part and are not intended to be authoritative.
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