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

Hymenoptera

Northern Pitch Twig Moth Sawfly

Xyela alpigena

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Northern Wood Ant

Formica aquilonia

4-8 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Oak Apple Gall Wasp

Biorhiza pallida

3.5–6 mm
Hymenoptera

Oak Marble Gall Wasp

Andricus kollari

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Oak Slug Sawfly

Caliroa quercuscoccineae

4-5 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Odorous House Ant

Tapinoma sessile

2.5-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Orange Caterpillar Parasite

Netelia ephippitarsus

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Orange Spider Wasp

Cryptocheilus australis

20-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Orange Twig Ant

Pseudomyrmex simplex

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Orange-tailed Mining Bee

Andrena haemorrhoa

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Orchid Bee

Euglossa imperialis

12-28 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Ordinate Large-headed Bee

Ctenocolletes ordensis

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Oregon Oak Gall Wasp

Besbicus mirabilis

2–3 mm
Hymenoptera

Organ Pipe Mud Dauber

Trypoxylon politum

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Oriental Hornet

Vespa orientalis

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Pacific Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis pellucidula

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Pacific Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla sackenii

10-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Painted Dark Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum pictum

6-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Painted Mining Bee

Andrena fucata

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Painted Nomad Bee

Nomada fucata

8-10mm
Hymenoptera

Pale-Footed Birch Sawfly

Profenusa thomsoni

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Panda Ant

Euspinolia militaris

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Pantaloon Bee

Dasypoda hirtipes

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Panzer's Nomad Bee

Nomada panzeri

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Paper Wasp

Polistes dominula

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Parasitic Acacia Ant

Pseudomyrmex nigropilosus

3-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Parasitic Wood Wasp

Orussus abietinus

8-14 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Parnopes Cuckoo Wasp

Parnopes grandior

8-13 mm
Hymenoptera Endangered

Patagonian Bumble Bee

Bombus dahlbomii

20-40 mm
Hymenoptera

Patchwork Leafcutter Bee

Megachile centuncularis

7-12 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Pavement Ant

Tetramorium caespitum

2.5-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Peach Slug Sawfly

Caliroa annulipes

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Pear Fruit Sawfly

Hoplocampa brevis

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Pear Slug Sawfly

Caliroa cerasi

4-6 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Pearly-banded Bee

Nomia melanderi

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Pennant Ant

Technomyrmex albipes

2.5-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Pergid Leaf Miner

Phylacteophaga froggatti

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Pergid Sawfly

Perga affinis

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Peruvian Parasitoid Wasp

Capitojoppa amazonica

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Pharaoh Ant

Monomorium pharaonis

1.5-2 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Pine False Webworm

Acantholyda erythrocephala

10-15 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Pine Webspinning Sawfly

Cephalcia arvensis

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Pipe-organ Mud Wasp

Trypoxylon figulus

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Pitted Resin Bee

Anthidiellum strigatum

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Plasterer Bee

Colletes hederae

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Platter Ant

Cataulacus intrudens

3-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Plum Sawfly

Hoplocampa flava

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Polar Willow Gall Sawfly

Euura arcticum

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Poplar Sawfly

Trichiocampus viminalis

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Potter Wasp

Delta unguiculatum

15-25 mm
Hymenoptera

Prionopelta Ant

Prionopelta amabilis

1.5-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Proceratium Ant

Proceratium silaceum

2.5-3.5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Pteromalus Pupal Wasp

Pteromalus puparum

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Punctate Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum punctatissimum

5-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Queenless Ponerine Ant

Diacamma rugosum

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Red Dwarf Honey Bee

Apis florea

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Red Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex barbatus

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Red Imported Fire Ant

Solenopsis invicta

2-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Red Mason Bee

Osmia bicornis

8-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Red Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla magnifica

12-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Red-banded Netelia

Netelia testacea

14-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Red-legged Pimpla

Pimpla rufipes

10-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Red-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus lapidarius

11-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Red-winged Spider Wasp

Tachypompilus ferrugineus

18-28 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Redheaded Pine Sawfly

Neodiprion lecontei

6-8 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Resin Bee

Megachile campanulae

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Rice Stem Borer Egg Parasitoid

Trichogramma japonicum

0.3-0.5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Robin's Pincushion Gall Wasp

Diplolepis rosae

2.5–4 mm
Hymenoptera

Robust Large-headed Bee

Stenotritus pubescens

14-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Rock Ant

Temnothorax rugatulus

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Rose Sawfly

Arge ochropus

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Rose Slug Sawfly

Endelomyia aethiops

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Rose-stem Gall Wasp

Diplolepis spinosa

2–3.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Rough Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Rough Leafcutter Ant

Acromyrmex rugosus

3-9 mm
Hymenoptera Critically Endangered

Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

Bombus affinis

13-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Sabre Wasp

Rhyssa persuasoria

25-40 mm body length
Hymenoptera

Saharan Carpenter Ant

Camponotus aegyptiacus

8-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Saharan Silver Ant

Cataglyphis bombycina

5-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Sand Wasp

Bembix rostrata

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Sandpit Mining Bee

Andrena barbilabris

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Savanna Driver Ant

Dorylus gribodoi

2-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Saxon Wasp

Dolichovespula saxonica

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Scarlet Pergid Sawfly

Pergagrapta polita

10-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Scarlet-Bodied Pergid Sawfly

Perga kirbyi

16-24 mm
Hymenoptera

Schaufuss's Rover Ant

Tetramorium schaufussii

2-3.5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Schizonotus Chalcid

Schizonotus sieboldi

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Severini's Rover Ant

Tetramorium severini

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Sharp-tailed Bee

Coelioxys conoidea

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Short-tailed Ichneumon

Ophion luteus

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Silver Birch Web-Spinning Sawfly

Pamphilius sylvaticus

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Silvery Leafcutter Bee

Megachile leachella

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Sirex Woodwasp

Sirex noctilio

15-36 mm
Hymenoptera

Slave-Maker Ant

Temnothorax americanus

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Slave-Making Ant

Formica sanguinea

5-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Slender Ant

Myrmica scabrinodis

3.5-5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Small Carpenter Bee

Ceratina calcarata

5–8 mm
Hymenoptera

Small Scissor Bee

Chelostoma florisomne

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Smeathman's Furrow Bee

Lasioglossum smeathmanellum

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Smelly Carpenter Ant

Dolichoderus thoracicus

3-4 mm