We are just beginning our formal survey of hymenopterans, so please check back later for the results of our work. (Photos and/or other information are available by clicking on underlined common names below.)

NOTE: If you have expertise in hymenopteran identification and would like to help survey the species at Hilton Pond Center, please contact us at RESEARCH

* = Introduced species

SAWFLIES

TENTHREDINIDAE (Common Sawfly Family)

• Butternut Woolyworm Sawfly Eriocampa juglandis

SIRICIDAE (Horntail Family)

• Pigeon Horntail Tremex columba

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FORMICIDAE (Ant Family)

• Red Imported Fire Ant* Solenopsis invicta
• Citronella Ant Lasius claviger
• Acrobat Ant Crematogaster ashmeadi

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VESPIDAE (Vespid or Paper Wasps Family)

• Baldfaced Hornet Vespula maculata
• Red Wasp Polistes annularis
• European Hornet* Vespa crabro

MUTILLIDAE (Velvet Ant Family)

• Cow Killer Dasymutilla occidentalis
  

SPHECIDAE (Sphecid Wasp Family)

• Organpipe Mud Dauber Wasp Trypoxylon politum (nest photo above)

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APIDAE (Digger Bee, Carpenter Bee, Bumble Bee, and Honey Bee Family)

• Honey Bee Apis mellifera
• Two-spotted Bumble Bee Bombus bimaculatus (below)

MEGACHILIDAE (Leaf-cutter Bees & Mason Bee Family)

• Giant Resin Bee* Megachile sculpturalis

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