Bees, Wasps, and Ants
Bald-faced Hornet (Dolichovespula maculata)
Bees, Wasps, and Ants found in New England
- Family: Apidae Apis mellifera (Honey Bee)
- Family: Apidae Bombus impatiens (Common Eastern Bumble Bee)
- Family: Apidae Bombus ternarius (Tricolored Bumble Bee)
- Family: Apidae Bombus terricola (Yellow-banded Bumble Bee)
- Family: Apidae Nomada maculata (Spotted Nomad Bee)
- Family: Apidae Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee)
- Family: Argidae Arge humeralis (Poison Ivy Sawfly)
- Family: Braconidae Cotesia congregata (A Braconid Wasp)
- Family: Crabronidae (Digger Wasps)
- Family: Crabronidae Bicyrtes quadrifasciatus (Sand Wasp)
- Family: Crabronidae Nysson plagiatus (A Digger Wasp)
- Family: Crabronidae Philanthus (A Bee Wolf Digger Wasp)
- Family: Crabronidae Philanthus gibbosus (Bee Wolf)
- Family: Crabronidae Sphecius speciosus (Eastern Cicada Killer)
- Family: Cynipidae Amphibolips quercusjuglans (Acorn Plum Gall Wasp)
- Family: Cynipidae Amphibolips quercusspongifica (A Gall Wasp)
- Family: Cynipidae Callirhytis seminator (Wool Sower Gall Wasp)
- Family: Cynipidae Disholcaspis globosa (Globular Root Gall Wasp)
- Family: Cynipidae Philonix fulvicollis (An Oak Gall Wasp)
- Family: Formicidae (Ants)