Commons:Featured pictures/Animals/Arthropods/Hymenoptera

Gallery of Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps & Sawflies) This page is a gallery of featured pictures that the community has chosen to be highlighted as some of the finest on Commons. Other galleries containing featured pictures of arthropods: Arachnida Diptera Hymenoptera Lepidoptera Odonata Other arthropods   Domain: Eukaryota • Regnum: Animalia • Phylum: Arthropoda • Subphylum: Hexapoda • Classis: Insecta • Subclassis: Pterygota • Infraclassis: Neoptera • Superordo: Holometabola • Ordo: Hymenoptera Linnaeus, 1758 Order : Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps & Sawflies) Family : Apidae (Bumble Bees, Honey Bees, Carpenter Bees, Cuckoo Bees, Orchid Bees, and Stingless Bees) Anthophora bimaculata Anthophora montana (Rocky Mountain Anthophora) ♀ Anthophora sp. Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower Bee) ♂ Anthophora dufourii Apis florea (Dwarf Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), pupae Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee), honeycomb with eggs and larvae Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera subsp. carnica (Carniolan Honey Bee) Apis mellifera subsp. carnica (Carniolan Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera (Western Honey Bee) Apis mellifera scutellata (African Bee) Bombus cryptarum (Cryptic bumblebee) ♂ Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) ♂ Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee) Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) ♂ Bombus pratorum (Early Bumblebee) ♂ Bombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bee) ♂ Bombus sylvarum (Shrill Carder Bee) Bombus sylvarum (Shrill Carder Bee) Bombus veteranus Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) Bombus bohemicus (Gypsy's Cuckoo Bumblebee) Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee queen) Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee) ♂ Bombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee) Bombus lucorum (White-tailed Bumblebee) ♂Bombus norvegicus Bombus pascuorum - Bombus bohemicus Bombus rupestris (Red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee) ♂ Bombus rupestris (Red-tailed cuckoo bumblebee) Bombus schrencki Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee queen) Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) Bombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee) ♂ Eucera cinnamomea Eucera longicornis Eucera (Synhalonia) sp. on Phlomis viscosa Eucera (Synhalonia) sp. on Phlomis viscosa Eucera (Synhalonia) sp. on Phlomis viscosa Eucera (Synhalonia) sp. on Phlomis viscosa Eucera (Synhalonia) sp. on Phlomis viscosa Melecta luctuosa ♂ Xylocopa virginica (Eastern Carpenter Bee) Bombus soroeensis Caupolicana electa Biene Tautropfen-20191024-RM-104027 Abandoned bee honeycomb Bombus ruderarius - Taraxacum officinale - Keila Arboreal stingless bee nest (Trigona sp.) Flores Apis dorsata nest on a tree at golden hour in Laos Hummel Cosmea-20231018-RM-170758 Große Blaue Holzbiene Tagetes-20241026-RM-152720 Top See also: Apidae (category) Galleries   Family : Colletidae (Plasterer Bees) Diphaglossa gayi Top See also: Colletidae (category) Galleries   Family : Crabronidae (Crabronids Wasps) Ectemnius lapidarius Ectemnius lapidarius Philanthus triangulum (European Beewolf) Cicada killer (73200) Top See also: Crabronidae (category) Galleries   Family : Chrysididae (Cuckoo Wasps) Gemeine Goldwespe Top See also: Chrysididae (category) Galleries   Family : Diprionidae (Conifer Sawflies) Diprion similis larva (Introduced Pine Sawfly larva) Diprion similis larva (Introduced Pine Sawfly larva) Gilpinia hercyniae larva (European Spruce Sawfly larva) Top See also: Diprionidae (category) Galleries   Family : Formicidae (Ants) Portrait of an ant, profile view Camponotus herculeanus (Hercules Ant) Formica lugubris (Hairy Wood Ant) Formica rufa (Red Wood Ant) Myrmecia forficata (Inchman) Oecophylla smaragdina (Weaver Ant) Oecophylla smaragdina (Weaver Ants) transporting a dead Hemidactylus frenatus (Common House Gecko) Plectroctena sp. Nest of oecophylla smaragdina (weaver ants) Myrmecia nigrocincta (Australian Bull Ant) Top See also: Formicidae (category) Galleries   Family : Halictidae (Halictid Bees) ♂ Halictus tetrazonianellus Halictus sp. ♂ Thrincohalictus prognathus Top See also: Halictidae (category) Galleries   Family : Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps) Unidentified Cremastinae mating Cremastinae sp. Nippocryptus vittatorius Top See also: Ichneumonidae (category) Galleries   Family : Megachilidae (Leafcutting Bees) Anthidium (Carder Bee) sp. Anthidium florentinum Anthidium (Carder Bee) sp. ♂ Haetosmia vechti ♂ Megachile incerta ♀ Megachile montenegrensis Osmia cornuta (European Orchard Bee) Osmia rufa (Red Mason Bee) Anthodioctes calcaratus, m, right, La Cruz, CR 2018-11-16-15.07.42 ZS PMax UDR (46534284854) Osmia cornuta nest (48325765867) Anthidium manicatum (50868517517) Top See also: Megachilidae (category) Galleries   Family : Melittidae (Melittid Bees) ♀ Melitta maura Raufüßige Hosenbiene Top See also: Melittidae (category) Galleries   Family : Pompilidae (Spider Wasps) Pompilidae sp. with a Araneae sp. (Spider) Top See also: Pompilidae (category) Galleries   Family : Proctotrupidae (Parasitoid Wasps) Paracodrus apterogynus pupae Top See also: Proctotrupidae (category) Galleries   Family : Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps) ♂ Megascolia bidens (Scoliid Wasp) Top See also: Scoliidae (category) Galleries   Family : Sphecidae (Thread-waisted wasps) Sphex ichneumoneus (Great Golden Digger Wasp) Great golden digger wasp (31760) Ammophila pubescens - Kulna Ammophila pubescens (two) - Kulna Top See also: Sphecidae (category) Galleries   Family : Tenthredinidae (Sawflies) Nematus miliaris) (Sawfly larvae) Tenthredo scrophulariae larva - Keila Top See also: Tenthredinidae (category) Galleries   Family : Vespidae (Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Yellowjackets) Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp) Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp) Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp) Polistes dominula (European Paper Wasp) Vespa crabro subsp. germana (European Hornet) Vespa crabro (European Hornet) Vespa crabro (European Hornet) Vespa orientalis (Oriental Hornet) Vespula germanica (European Wasp) Vespula vulgaris (Common Wasp) Asian hornet (33283876513) (2) Wespe auf Blütenblättern-20200905-RM-081907 Vespula germanica (European wasp, queen in hibernation) Haus-Feldwespe (Polistes dominula) Nest focus stack-20230607-RM-121713 Жало шершня Top See also: Vespidae (category) Galleries   Family : Xiphydriidae (Wood Wasps) Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Xiphydria camelus female Commons:Featured picture candidates/Set/Xiphydria camelus female Top See also: Xiphydriidae (category) Galleries   Unsorted The FPCBot will place images here, they can manually be sorted into more specific sections. 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