HYMENOPTERA

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HYMENOPTERA
Bees, ants, wasps
Ordinal Characteristics (1) chewing mouthparts
but the bees also suck nectar (2) complete
metamorphosis (3) adults have two pairs of
membranous wings or none
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HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• ..
• Family/Group common name
• Carpenter ant
• Scientific family name
• Formicidae
• Food
• Insects, sweets, plant sap

Bees, ants, wasps
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HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• Red harvester ant
• Family/Group common name
• ..
• Scientific family name
• Formicidae
• Food
• Seeds

Bees, ants, wasps
4
HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• ..
• Family/Group common name
• Velvet ant
• Scientific family name
• Mutillidae
• Food
• Parasites of insects

Bees, ants, wasps
5
HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• Cicada killer
• Family/Group common name
• ..
• Scientific family name
• ..
• Food
• Insects

Bees, ants, wasps
6
HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• ..
• Family/Group common name
• Paper wasp
• Scientific family name
• ..
• Food
• Insects/nectar

Bees, ants, wasps
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HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• ..
• Family/Group common name
• Mud dauber
• Scientific family name
• ..
• Food
• Spiders/nectar

Bees, ants, wasps
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HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• ..
• Family/Group common name
• Blue mud dauber
• Scientific family name
• ..
• Food
• Spiders/nectar

Bees, ants, wasps
9
HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• ..
• Family/Group common name
• Ichneumon wasp
• Scientific family name
• ..
• Food
• Parasites of insects

Bees, ants, wasps
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HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• Honey bee
• Family/Group common name
• ..
• Scientific family name
• Apidae
• Food
• Nectar/pollen

Bees, ants, wasps
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HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• ..
• Family/Group common name
• Bumble bee
• Scientific family name
• Apidae
• Food
• Nectar/pollen

Bees, ants, wasps
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HYMENOPTERA

• Species common name
• Carpenter bee
• Family/Group common name
• ..
• Scientific family name
• Apidae
• Food
• Nectar/pollen

Bees, ants, wasps