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Explore 4928 species across 37 orders. Filter by taxonomy, region, or search by name.

Hymenoptera

European Velvet Ant

Mutilla europaea

10-15 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

European Wheat Stem Sawfly

Cephus pygmeus

8-10 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

European Xiphydriid

Xiphydria longicollis

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Executioner Wasp

Polistes carnifex

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Exploding Ant

Colobopsis explodens

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Fairy Wasp

Kikiki huna

0.13-0.18 mm
Hymenoptera

Fairyfly Wasp

Dicopomorpha echmepterygis

0.139-0.240 mm
Hymenoptera

Field Digger Wasp

Mellinus arvensis

10-14mm
Hymenoptera

Fierce Big-Headed Ant

Pheidole fervens

1.5-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Fig Wasp

Ceratosolen fusciceps

1.5-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Fiji Tree Ant

Paraparatrechina oceanica

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Fire-tailed Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis viridula

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Flat-tailed Leaf-cutter Bee

Megachile mendica

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Florida Carpenter Ant

Camponotus floridanus

5-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Florida Twig Ant

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Flower Wasp

Cerceris rybyensis

8-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Forelius Ant

Forelius pruinosus

2-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Four-banded Furrow Bee

Halictus quadricinctus

14-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Four-spotted Cuckoo Bee

Nomada leucophthalma

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Four-toothed Mason Wasp

Monobia quadridens

16-19 mm
Hymenoptera Critically Endangered

Franklin's Bumble Bee

Bombus franklini

14-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Fringed Leafcutter Bee

Megachile fidelis

11-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Fulvus Driver Ant

Dorylus fulvus

3-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Gall Wasp

Andricus quercuscalicis

3-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Garden Bumblebee

Bombus hortorum

12-22mm
Hymenoptera

German Yellowjacket

Vespula germanica

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Brazilian Ant

Dinoponera australis

20-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Bull Ant

Myrmecia brevinoda

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Forest Ant

Dinomyrmex gigas

8-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Honey Bee

Apis dorsata

17-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Dolichomitus imperator

20-40 mm body, 70 mm ovipositor
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Giant Neotropical Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa frontalis

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Orange Ichneumon

Netelia producta

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Ponerine Ant

Pachycondyla crassinoda

14-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Resin Bee

Megachile sculpturalis

14-24 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Scoliid Wasp

Megascolia procer

40-55 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Trap-jaw Ant

Odontomachus hastatus

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Twig Ant

Pseudomyrmex spinicola

5-10 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Glyptomorpha Braconid

Glyptomorpha deesae

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Gnamptogenys Ant

Gnamptogenys striatula

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Gold Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis fasciata

7-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Gold-fringed Mason Bee

Osmia aurulenta

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Gold-tailed Ruby Wasp

Chrysis fulgida

7-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Carpenter Ant

Camponotus sericeiventris

8-18 mm
Hymenoptera Vulnerable

Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Bombus fervidus

14-20 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Golden Orchid Bee

Eufriesea surinamensis

18-24 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Paper Wasp

Polistes fuscatus

15-21 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Pergid Sawfly

Perga gravenhorstii

14-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Spiny Ant

Polyrhachis ammon

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden-tailed Bull Ant

Myrmecia chrysogaster

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Gooseberry Sawfly

Nematus ribesii

6-8 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Graceful Twig Ant

Tetraponera aethiops

5-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Grain Moth Parasitoid

Pteromalus cerealellae

1.5-3 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Grain Pteromalid

Anisopteromalus calandrae

1.5-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Grass Sawfly

Pachynematus clitellatus

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Great Banded Furrow Bee

Halictus scabiosae

13-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Great Golden Digger Wasp

Sphex ichneumoneus

18-28 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Great Yellow Bumblebee

Bombus distinguendus

15-22mm
Hymenoptera

Green Alder Sawfly

Monsoma pulveratum

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Green Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa aerata

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Green Metallic Bee

Augochloropsis metallica

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Green Tree Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina subnitida

5-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Green-head Ant

Rhytidoponera metallica

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Green-legged Sawfly

Perga dorsalis

12-18 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Greenhouse Whitefly Parasitoid

Encarsia formosa

0.5-0.8 mm
Hymenoptera

Grey-patched Mining Bee

Andrena nitida

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Gum-Tree Pergid Sawfly

Perga polita

14-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Gwynne's Mining Bee

Andrena bicolor

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus bohemicus

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Gypsy Moth Parasite

Cotesia melanoscela

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Hairy Panther Ant

Neoponera obscuricornis

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Hairy Wood Ant

Formica lugubris

4-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Hairy-footed Flower Bee

Anthophora plumipes

14-16 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Hairy-legged Mining Bee

Melitta tricincta

9-11 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Hairy-saddled Colletes

Colletes succinctus

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Harvester Ant

Messor barbarus

3-14 mm
Hymenoptera Endangered

Hawaiian Assimulans Yellow-faced Bee

Hylaeus assimulans

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Hawaiian Big-headed Ant

Pheidole megacephala

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera Endangered

Hawaiian Easy Yellow-faced Bee

Hylaeus facilis

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera Endangered

Hawaiian Yellow-faced Bee

Hylaeus longiceps

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Hazel Sawfly

Croesus septentrionalis

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Heather Mining Bee

Andrena fuscipes

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Hercules Ant

Camponotus herculeanus

6-14 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Hockeria Chalcid

Hockeria unicolor

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Honey Pot Ant

Myrmecocystus mexicanus

5-15 mm (repletes up to 25 mm swollen)
Hymenoptera

Honeypot Ant

Myrmecocystus mimicus

4-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Honeysuckle Sawfly

Zaraea fasciata

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Hooked Army Ant

Eciton hamatum

3-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Horned Baboon Spider-hunting Wasp

Sphex tomentosus

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Horned Mason Bee

Osmia cornuta

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Hornfaced Bee

Osmia cornifrons

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Horntail Wasp

Urocerus gigas

25-40 mm
Hymenoptera

Horse Chestnut Leafminer Parasitoid

Pnigalio agraules

1-2 mm
Hymenoptera

House Fly Pupal Parasitoid

Muscidifurax raptor

1-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Hunt's Bumble Bee

Bombus huntii

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Ichneumon Wasp

Megarhyssa macrurus

25-50 mm body plus 100+ mm ovipositor
Hymenoptera

Indian Flower Wasp

Scolia quadripustulata

18-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Indian Giant Ant

Camponotus compressus

6-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Indian Honey Bee

Apis cerana indica

10-13 mm