Wildlife Around Las Vegas, Wasps, Bees, and Ants

Wasps, Bees, and Ants
(Class Insecta, Order Hymenoptera, Suborder Apocrita)
Invertebrates Around Las Vegas, Wildlife Around Las Vegas

The suborder Apocrita includes the Wasps, Bees, and Ants. These creatures have a constriction between the first and second abdominal segments (wasp waist), and the larvae are legless and mostly carnivorous.

Photo	Family	Species
	Andrenidae Mining Bees	Mining Bees
	Apidae Bees Honey Bees, Carpenter Bees, Bumble Bees	California Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa californica) Cuckoo Bee (Melecta spp.) Globe Mallow Bee (Diadasia diminuta) Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) Hunt Bumble Bee (Bombus huntii)
	Chalcididae Chalcid Wasps	Chalcid Wasps (Acanthothalcis nigricans)
	Formicidae Ants	Western Carpenter Ant (Camponotus modoc)
	Halictidae Sweat Bees	Sweat Bees (Agapostemon sp.)
	Megachilidae Leaf-cutter Bees	Leaf-cutter Bees (Megachilidae)
	Mutillidae Velvet Ants	Velvet Ant Species (Dasymutilla spp.) Golden Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla sackenii) Magnificent Velvet Ant (Dasymutilla magnifica) Thistledown (White Velvet Ant) (Dasymutilla gloriosa)
	Pompilidae Spider Wasps	Tarantula Hawk (Pepsis spp.)
	Scoliidae Scarab-hunter Wasps	Scoliid Wasp (Campsomeris pilipes)
	Sphecidae Solitary Wasps	Black and Yellow Mud Dauber (Sceliphron caementarium) Metallic Blue Wasp (Chlorion aerarium) Sphecid Wasp with Caterpillar
	Vespidae Vespid Wasps (paper wasps, yellowjackets and hornets, potter and mason wasps, and pollen wasps.	Vespid Wasps (Family Vespidae)
	Unidentified	Unidentified Wasps Unidentified Bees

Note: All distances, elevations, and other facts are approximate.

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