infraorder
Ants, Bees, and Stinging Wasps
Aculeata
Field notes
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- Bees and Allied Wasps 1,288 native
- Formicoidea 495 native
- Spider Wasps, Velvet Ants, and Allies 241 native
- Vespoid Wasps 168 native
- Cuckoo Wasps and Allies 38 native
- Scoliid Wasp Superfamily 21 native
- Thynnid and Chyphotid Wasps 15 native
- Dryinoidea 12 native
- Tiphiid Flower Wasps and Allies 7 native
- Sierolomorphoidea 1 native
Range
Greener is more native, amber more introduced; paler is less certain. How this was decided
Most observed native ants, bees, and stinging wasps All
Native to the US, by observations.
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Common Eastern Bumble Bee
Bombus impatiens
314,135 observations
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Eastern Carpenter Bee
Xylocopa virginica
133,836 observations
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Brown-belted Bumble Bee
Bombus griseocollis
128,670 observations
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Two-spotted Bumble Bee
Bombus bimaculatus
81,210 observations
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Northern Paper Wasp
Polistes fuscatus
73,956 observations
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American Bumble Bee
Bombus pensylvanicus
68,102 observations
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Bald-faced Hornet
Dolichovespula maculata
65,651 observations
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Eastern Black Carpenter Ant
Camponotus pennsylvanicus
61,776 observations
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Yellow-faced Bumble Bee
Bombus vosnesenskii
56,866 observations
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Ligated Furrow Bee
Halictus ligatus
54,381 observations
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Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp
Sceliphron caementarium
48,341 observations
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Eastern Yellowjacket
Vespula maculifrons
40,941 observations
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Tricolored Bumble Bee
Bombus ternarius
37,819 observations
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Guinea Paper Wasp
Polistes exclamans
36,169 observations
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Metric Paper Wasp
Polistes metricus
34,810 observations