HYMENOPTERA: BEES, WASPS, ANTS, TERMITES

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HYMENOPTERA: BEES, WASPS, ANTS, TERMITES


Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Sphecidae, Subfamily: Sphecinae Sceliphron caementarium Black-and-yellow Mud Dauber Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: unknown Unknown species Small, red wasp Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 7/7/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Wasp Saguaro National Monument East, Tucson, AZ 9/2000

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Vespidae Polistes spp. Paper Wasp Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ 5/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Pompilidae Hemipepsis spp. Tarantula Hawk, 1.5" long Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Sphecidae Chlorion cyaneum Purplish-blue Cricket Hunter, over 1" long Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Eumenidae Unknown species Potter wasp (small black wasp with yellow bands) Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Small black and white wasp Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Chalcidae Unknown species Chalcid Wasp - Small wasp with big hind legs Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Large black, red and yellow wasp Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Large black wasp Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Sphecidae, Sub-family: Sphecinae Unknown species A thread-waisted wasp with red "waist" Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Tiny black wasp Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Two tiny black wasp-like Ichneumon or Pelecinid insects mating Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 5/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Wasp, at nightlight Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 7/20/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Wasp, at nightlight Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 7/20/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Wasp, at nightlight Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 7/14/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Wasp Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ 9/2/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Wasp with tiny beetles Parker Canyon Lake, Santa Cruz Co., AZ 9/22/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Mutillidae Dasymutilla magnifica Red Velvet-ant³, female (wingless wasp) Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ 10/20/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Wasp Patagonia, Santa Cruz Co., AZ 10/20/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae - Bees Unknown species Bee (larger than honeybee) Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ 5/11/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae - Bees Unknown species A tiny black bee Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 4/14/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae - Bees Unknown species A tiny bee Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ 9/2000

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae - Bees Apis mellifera Honeybee Canyon Ranch, Tucson, AZ 8/2000

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Anthophoridae Unknown species Digger Bee Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ 3/30/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Haltictidae Unknown species Sweat bee Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 7/12/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae - Bees Unknown species Unknown bumble bee Grants Pass, OR 07/05/2000

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae - Bees Bombus sonoras Sonoran Bumble Bee Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ 9/2000

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Apidae - Bees Bombus fervidus Golden Northern Bumble Bee (dead) Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/3/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Anthophoridae Xylocopa californica California Carpenter Bee Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ 9/2000

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Bumblebee Ramsey Canyon, Cochise Co., AZ xx/xx/2003

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae Unknown species Red ant Tohono Chul Park, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae Unknown species Tiny red ant in little flower Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 5/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae Unknown species Medium-sized red winged ant Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 7/4/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Formicidae Unknown species Large red winged ant Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 6/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Isoptera, Family: Rhinotermitidae Reticulitermes hesperus Winged subterranean termite Swan/Sunrise, Tucson, AZ 7/8/2001

Class: Insecta, Order: Isoptera, Family: Unknown Unknown species Subterranean or Desert termite worker in block of wood Cardinal/Los Reales, Tucson, AZ 8/7/2002

Class: Insecta, Order: Isoptera, Family: Unknown Gnathamitermes tubiformans Twigs encased by Desert termites River/La Canada, Tucson, AZ 8/10/2002

rev: 2007-07-04