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0 0 Ant - Formiga

Ant - Formiga

by PauloPinhoAlgarve, Portugal

0 0 Ant

Ant

by Christian CarterBaltimore, Maryland, USA

0 2 Vespa (Wasp)

Vespa (Wasp)

by asergioCuritiba, Paraná, Brazil

Wasp, spoted in a paradise bird flower. Order Hymenoptera, Suborder Apocrita, ...

0 0 Feiticeira-Cabeçuda

Feiticeira-Cabeçuda

by raphaelacamposJuiz de Fora, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Female

0 0 ant

ant

by S FrazierIndonesia

unidentified forest ant

1 2 Paper Wasp

Paper Wasp

by bradwatts

Yellow and black stripes. Can sting and are frequent visitors to outdoor BBQs ...

1 1 Paper Wasp

Paper Wasp

by Shawn66Florida, USA

Found this little guy and a few of his friends making themselves a home outside ...

0 2 Velvet ant

Velvet ant

by Sergio MonteiroMorretes, PR, Brazil

Despite their name, velvet ants are actually wasps. This one never stopped ...

1 0 avispa

avispa

by Carlos MancillaQuerétaro, Mexico

Clase: Insecta Orden: Hymenoptera Sin Taxón: Aculeata Superfamilia:

1 1 Scoliid Wasp

Scoliid Wasp

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraBiñan, Calabarzon, Philippines

Scoliid wasp with black body, black-bluish wings, red-orange head and antennae. ...

1 0 Mason Wasp, male

Mason Wasp, male

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

Medium sized, shiny black wasp with bright yellow stripes on abdomen. Yellow ...

0 4 Formiga rainha (Queen ant)

Formiga rainha (Queen ant)

by asergioCuritiba, Paraná, Brazil

By the shape of the head and antennae, I think this is a queen ant, but I can't ...

1 0 paper wasp nest

paper wasp nest

by S FrazierIndonesia

An abandoned nest of a papaer wasp (Vespidae,Polistinae).

0 0 Northern Paper Wasp - ♀

Northern Paper Wasp - ♀

by Fyn KyndMaine, USA

Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus) - Knight's corner, Waldo County, Maine, ...

0 0 Unknown Ant

Unknown Ant

by Andrea LimCairns, Queensland, Australia

Elongated ant, 6mm long. On closer investigation, you can see 'wings' or ...

1 0 Savanna Strobe Ant

Savanna Strobe Ant

by Andrea LimCairns, Queensland, Australia

Long ant, black and orange-tan abdomen, body length 3mm.

0 0 ants

ants

by S FrazierIndonesia

Tiny (~3mm) ants wrestling with a scavenged insect.

1 1 Fire Ant

Fire Ant

by JordiPratsDaerah Khusus Ibukota Jakarta, Indonesia

Small ants in a tree transporting what seems to be Leaf-Footed bug eggs. Red ...

9 3 Hairy scolid wasp

Hairy scolid wasp

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

A large glossy all black wasp (30mm long) with very distinctive, heavily veined ...

1 0 Orange ichneumon wasp, female

Orange ichneumon wasp, female

by NopayahnahChapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Ichneumon wasps differ from typical wasps, which sting in defense (Aculeata: ...

0 2 Northern Paper Wasp

Northern Paper Wasp

by ForestDragonNew York, USA

Common wasp. Reddish brown body, dark wings, somewhat variable coloration but ...

5 4 Eastern Yellowjacket (worker)

Eastern Yellowjacket (worker)

by Fyn.KMaine, USA

Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and ...

3 2 Potter Wasp

Potter Wasp

by Felix FleckQLD, Australia

Potter Wasp of about 2.5cm body length. Black base colour with yellow markings. ...

0 0 European paper wasp

European paper wasp

by KristalWatrousCollege township, Pennsylvania, USA

Male paper wasp foraging and hiding on goldenrod (Solidago sp.). The hooked ...

0 0 unknown wasp

unknown wasp

by KristalWatrousCarbondale, Illinois, USA

Small wasp found excavating a nest in soil amid a nesting aggregation of ...

1 1 Scoliid Wasp

Scoliid Wasp

by KenCheeksSouth Carolina, USA

This wasp is in the Family Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps). It apparently likes ...

3 2 Northern Paper Wasps

Northern Paper Wasps

by CarolSnowMilnePennsylvania, USA

Order: Hymenoptera, SubOrder: Apocrita, Subfamily:

1 2 Spider-hunting Wasp

Spider-hunting Wasp

by Johan HeynsLesedi Local Municipality, Gauteng, South Africa

Saw the movement and ran for my camera. It kept moving and flying short ...

0 0 Camponotus gouldianus

Camponotus gouldianus

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

Ant about 9mm long. Banding on the abdomen looking like alternating glossy and ...

0 0 giant forest ant

giant forest ant

by Scott FrazierSingapore, Singapore

A large solitary worker ant because they can be found on the forest floor in ...

1 0 Blue-winged Wasp

Blue-winged Wasp

by ForestDragonCentral Islip, New York, United States

Larger wasp with shiny blue-black wings. Black thorax. Elongated abdomen with ...

0 3 velvet ant, wingless wasp

velvet ant, wingless wasp

by S FrazierIndonesia

exhibit haplodiploid sex determination similar to other members of

0 1 Tropical Potter Wasp

Tropical Potter Wasp

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraBiñan, Laguna, Philippines

and orange wings. Superfamily

0 3 Velvet Ant

Velvet Ant

by christineg2071Cottonwood, Alabama, USA

, velvet ants do exhibit haplodiploid sex determination similar to other ...

2 4 Velvet Ant

Velvet Ant

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

Less than 10mm long. Reddish brown head and legs. Black abdomen with 2 yellow ...

2 0 Antarctic Sugar Ant

Antarctic Sugar Ant

by Mark RidgwayMelbourne, Victoria, Australia

A single small ant of a species I haven't seen before. Approximately 12mm long.

1 0 Velvet Ant

Velvet Ant

by AlbertKangPahang, Malaysia

Hymenoptera, including Vespoidea. The ...

0 2 Velvet ant

Velvet ant

by PattyCUruguay

determination similar to other members of

1 3 Ichneumon Wasps

Ichneumon Wasps

by hexforlifeRipley, Tennessee, USA

Ichneumon wasps differ from typical wasps, which sting in defense (Aculeata: ...

1 4 Ichneumon wasp

Ichneumon wasp

by NopayahnahChapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Ichneumon wasps differ from typical wasps, which sting in defense (Aculeata: ...

0 2 Black Flower Wasp - male & female

Black Flower Wasp - male & female

by Leuba RidgwayVictoria, Australia

A black male wasp ( about 15 mm long) with clear wings and narrow abdomen with ...

0 1 Ichnemumon Wasp

Ichnemumon Wasp

by arlandaO Saviñao, Galicia, Spain

wasps (Scolioidea, Vespoidea and ...

5 4 Ant catches hoverfly

Ant catches hoverfly

by Mark RidgwayVictoria, Australia

These ants are one of the most fearless and aggressive known in Australia but I ...

9 7 Giant spider wasp

Giant spider wasp

by Mark RidgwayUpper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia

Australia has some very large huntsman spiders but they are no match for these ...

4 0 Yellow Ichneumon Wasp (Female)

Yellow Ichneumon Wasp (Female)

by AgnesAdiqueTalaveraLaguna, Philippines

ichneumon wasps. Ichneumon wasps differ from typical wasps, which sting in ...

0 0 Red Velvet Ant (Cow killer) (female)

Red Velvet Ant (Cow killer) (female)

by RebeccaSatterleeSanta Fe, New Mexico, USA

retain moisture. Like related families in the

1 2 Resin Mason Wasp

Resin Mason Wasp

by Neil RossBrisbane, Queensland, Australia

I spotted this small wasp which had distinctive black and yellow bands on the ...

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