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Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)
Parasitic wasps (numerous families)
Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)
Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)
Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
Spider wasps (Pompilidae)
Other wasps
Velvet Ants (Mutillidae)

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Gasteruption sp. (genus) (Gasteruptiid wasp)

FEMALE

FEMALE

Gasteruption sp. (genus)
MALE

MALE
Gasteruption sp. (genus)
FEMALE
MALE

Gotra sp. (genus) (Unidentified Gotra ichneumon wasp)

Gotra sp. (genus)
Gotra sp. (genus)
Gotra sp. (genus)

Guerinius shuckardi (Smooth flower wasp)

Guerinius shuckardi
Guerinius shuckardi
Guerinius shuckardi

Heteropelma scaposum (Two-toned caterpillar parasite wasp)

Heteropelma scaposum
Heteropelma scaposum
Heteropelma scaposum

Ichneumon promissorius (Banded caterpillar parasite wasp)

MALE

MALE

Ichneumon promissorius
Ichneumon promissorius
MALE

Ichneumonidae (family) (Unidentified ichneumon wasp)

Ichneumonidae (family)
Ichneumonidae (family)
Ichneumonidae (family)

Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily) (A species of parasitic wasp)

Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily)
Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily)
Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily)

Leucospis sp. (genus) (Leucospid wasp)

Leucospis sp. (genus)
Leucospis sp. (genus)
Leucospis sp. (genus)

Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid)

female

female

male

male
female

female
female
male
female

Megalyra sp. (genus) (Long-tailed wasp)

FEMALE

FEMALE

FEMALE

FEMALE
MALE

MALE
FEMALE
FEMALE
MALE

Monomachus antipodalis (A parasitic wasp)

Monomachus antipodalis
Monomachus antipodalis
Monomachus antipodalis

Mutillidae (family) (Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant)

FEMALE

FEMALE

Mutillidae (family)
MALE

MALE
FEMALE
MALE

Odontomyrme sp. (genus) (A velvet ant)

Odontomyrme sp. (genus)
Odontomyrme sp. (genus)
Odontomyrme sp. (genus)

Polistes (Polistella) humilis (Common Paper Wasp)

Polistes (Polistella) humilis
Polistes (Polistella) humilis
Polistes (Polistella) humilis

Ropalidia plebeiana (Small brown paper wasp)

Ropalidia plebeiana
Ropalidia plebeiana
Ropalidia plebeiana

Stephanidae (family) (Stephanid wasp)

Stephanidae (family)
Stephanidae (family)
Stephanidae (family)

Stiromesostenus sp. (genus) (An ichneumon wasp)

FEMALE

FEMALE

Stiromesostenus sp. (genus)
Stiromesostenus sp. (genus)
FEMALE

Taeniogonalos sp. (genus) (A hyperparasitic wasp)

Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)
Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)
Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)

Thynninae (subfamily) (Smooth flower wasp)

Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)

Tiphiidae (family) (Unidentified Smooth flower wasp)

Tiphiidae (family)
Tiphiidae (family)
Tiphiidae (family)
Tiphiidae (family)

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