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Full List of Bee & Wasp Species - Taxonomic Order (Ordered by Families)

Western Honey Bee Eastern Yellowjacket Eastern Horntail Monobia quadridens


Using the lists

As a quick short cut for users, this page contains a list of all the bee and wasp species that are included in this identification guide. If you are wanting to check a particular species, simply locate it on the list here; clicking on the name will take you straight to it.

Note: A quick way to find a species in the list is to use the find feature on your keyboard (control + F) and type in part of the name.





Argid Sawflies - Argidae
  • Sumac Sawfly   Arge coccinea

    • Conifer Sawflies - Diprionidae
  • Red-headed Pine Sawfly   Neodiprion lecontei

    • Horntails - Siricidae
  • Eastern Horntail   Tremex columba

    • Carrot Wasps- Gasteruptiidae
  •   Gasteruption assectator

    • Ichneumon Wasps- Ichneumonidae
  •   Itoplectis conquisitor
  •   Cryptanura banchiformis
  •   Ophion sp.

    • Bees - Apidae
  • Western Honey Bee   Apis mellifera
  • Common Eastern Bumble Bee   Bombus impatiens
  • Hibiscus Bee   Ptilothrix bombiformis
  •   Triepeolus remigatus
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee   Xylocopa virginica

    • Leafcutter & Mason Bees - Megachilidae
  • Flat-tailed Leafcutter Bee   Megachile mendica

    • Sand Wasps- Crabronidae
  • Horse Guard Wasp   Stictia carolina
  • Common Sand Wasp   Bembix americana
  •   Ectemnius decemmaculatus
  • Eastern Cicada-killer   Sphecius speciosus

    • Velvet Ants- Mutillidae
  • Cow-killer   Dasymutilla occidentalis

    • Spider Wasps- Pompilidae
  •   Anoplius semicinctus
  •   Entypus fulvicornis
  •   Tachypompilus ferrugineus

    • Scoliid Wasps- Scoliidae
  •   Campsomeris plumipes
  •   Scolia nobilitata
  •   Scolia dubia

    • Thynnid Wasps- Thynnidae
  • Five-banded Thynnid Wasp   Myzinum quinquecinctum

    • Typical Wasps- Vespidae
  •   Ancistrocerus campestris
  •   Eumenes fraternus
  •   Euodynerus schwarzi
  •   Monobia quadridens
  •   Polistes dominula
  •   Polistes exclamans
  •   Polistes bellicosus
  •   Polistes annularis
  •   Polistes metricus
  • Eastern Yellowjacket   Vespula maculifrons
  • Bald-faced Hornet   Dolichovespula maculata
  • European Hornet   Vespa crabro

    • Solitary Wasps- Sphecidae
  • Common Thread-waisted Wasp   Ammophila procera
  • Black-and-yellow Mud Dauber   Sceliphron caementarium
  •   Palmodes dimidiatus
  •   Prionyx parkeri
  •   Isodontia mexicana
  • Great Golden Digger Wasp   Sphex ichnumoneus