Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies

Ants, Bees, and Wasps - Order Hymenoptera
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    Parasitic wasp (Chalcidoidea: Eupelmidae) from Monteverde, Costa Rica.
    A pair of acrobat ants (Crematogaster sp.) feed on extrafloral nectaries in Iowa. Some plants produce these little packets of nutrients as part of their defensive strategy - ants who feed on them will defend the plant for the renewable resource they provide.
    Pergid sawfly (Symphyta: Pergidae) from Iowa.