Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies

Ants, Bees, and Wasps - Order Hymenoptera
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    Pelecinid Wasp, Pelecinus polyturator, from Wisconsin. This remarkable wasp uses her long abdomen and ovipositor (egg-laying apparatus) to dig into the soil and find scarab beetle larvae onto which she can deposit her eggs.
    Thread-waisted wasp (Sphecidae, Isodontia sp.) from Iowa.
    Northern paper wasp, Polistes fuscatus, on goldenrod in Iowa.