Wasps And Bees

Yellowjackets, hornets, paper wasps, mud daubers and bees near the house. 19 species with full pages, most commonly seen first.

Western Honey BeeWestern Honey BeeApis melliferaCan stingCommon Eastern Bumble BeeCommon Eastern Bumble BeeBombus impatiensCan stingEastern Carpenter BeeEastern Carpenter BeeXylocopa virginicaCan stingEuropean Paper WaspEuropean Paper WaspPolistes dominulaCan stingEuropean HornetEuropean HornetVespa crabroCan stingNorthern Paper WaspNorthern Paper WaspPolistes fuscatusCan stingBald-faced HornetBald-faced HornetDolichovespula maculataCan stingGerman YellowjacketGerman YellowjacketVespula germanicaCan stingYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspYellow-legged Mud-dauber WaspSceliphron caementariumCan stingEastern YellowjacketEastern YellowjacketVespula maculifronsCan stingMetric Paper WaspMetric Paper WaspPolistes metricusCan stingYellow-legged HornetYellow-legged HornetVespa velutinaCan stingEastern Cicada-killer WaspEastern Cicada-killer WaspSphecius speciosusCan stingCommon Blue Mud-dauber WaspCommon Blue Mud-dauber WaspChalybion californicumCan stingWestern YellowjacketWestern YellowjacketVespula pensylvanicaCan stingSouthern YellowjacketSouthern YellowjacketVespula squamosaCan stingCommon Eastern Velvet AntCommon Eastern Velvet AntDasymutilla occidentalisCan stingOrgan-pipe Mud-dauber WaspOrgan-pipe Mud-dauber WaspTrypoxylon politumCan stingTarantula hawkTarantula hawkPepsis grossaCan sting

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