Hymenoptera (Ants, Wasps Bees and Sawflies)
of Orange County, California (and nearby places)
(Click on images or names to open)
Yellow background, exotic species
Photographed and compiled by Peter J. Bryant (pjbryant@uci.edu)
Department of Developmental and Cell Biology,
University of California, Irvine, CA 92697
Debra Mauzy-Melitz, Ron Hemberger and Hartmut Wisch
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| Ants (Family Formicidae) |
| Species lists in this family from "Spatial patterns of occurrence of the invasive argentine ant
(Linepithema humile) and associated impacts on the native ant
community in coastal southern California" by Milan Mitrovich,
Nature Reserve of Orange County
and
Robert Fisher, Tritia Matsuda, and Krista Pease,
US Geological Survey.
November, 2006. Asterisk indicates exotic species. |
| Subfamily Dolichoderinae |
Dorymyrmex insanus
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 Argentine Ant, Linepithema humile |
California velvety tree ant, Liometopum occidentale |
Odorous House Ant,
Tapinoma sessile |
Dorymyrmex bicolor
Dorymyrmex insanus
Forelius foetidus
Forelius pruinosus
Linepithema humile*
Liometopum occidentale
Tapinoma sessile |
| Subfamily Ecitoninae |
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Legionary Ant,
Neivamyrmex (californicus?)
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Neivamyrmex californicus
Neivamyrmex nigrescens
Neivamyrmex opacithorax |
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| Subfamily Formicinae |
 Carpenter Ant,
Camponotus sp.
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Field Ant,
Formica francoeuri |
Field Ant,
Formica moki |
Honeypot Ant,
Myrmecocystus sp. |
False honey Ant,
Prenolepis imparis |
Winged Ant |
Brachymyrmex depilis
Camponotus sayi
Camponotus semitestaceus
Camponotus spp. CA-
Camponotus vicinus |
Formica francoeuri
Formica moki
Formica xerophila |
Myrmecocystus kennedyi
Myrmecocystus mexicanus
Myrmecocystus mimicus
Myrmecocystus semirufus
Myrmecocystus testaceus |
Paratrechina c.f. terricola
Polyergus breviceps
Prenolepis imparis |
| Subfamily Myrmicinae |
 Acrobat Ant, Crematogaster sp. |
Harvester Ant, Messor andrei (worker) |
Desert Ant, Messor pergandei |
Winged Ant, Messor sp. (male) |
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Harvester Ant,
Pogonomyrmex anzensis |
Red Imported Fire Ant,
Solenopsis invicta, worker |
Red Imported Fire Ant,
Solenopsis invicta, male |
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Cardiocondyla ectopia*
Crematogaster californica
Crematogaster coarctata
Crematogaster hespera
Crematogaster mormonum
Cyphomyrmex wheeleri
Messor andrei
Messor stoddardi
Monomorium ergatogyna
Monomorium minimum
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Monomorium pharaonis*
Myrmecina americana
Pheidole cerebrosior
Pheidole clementensis
Pheidole hyatti
Pheidole vistana
Pogonomyrmex californicus
Pogonomyrmex rugosus
Pogonomyrmex subnitidus |
Solenopsis amblychila
Solenopsis aurea
Solenopsis molesta
Solenopsis xyloni
Temnothorax andrei
Temnothorax nevadensis
Temnothorax nitens
Temnothorax sp CA- |
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| Subfamily Pseudomyrmecinae |
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Pseudomyrmex apache
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| Wasps |
Agaonidae (Fig wasps) |
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Aphelinidae
(Aphelinid wasps) |
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Fig Wasp
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Whitefly parasitoid,
Eretmocerus californicus |
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| Braconidae (Braconid wasps) |
Apanteles sp. |
Aphid parasitoid, Aphidius sp |
Subfamily Agathidinae |
Subfamily Aphidiinae |
Subfamily Aphidiinae |
Subfamily Aphidiinae |
Subfamily Cheloninae |
Subfamily Microgastrinae |
Braconid Wasp |
Braconid Wasp |
Braconid Wasp |
Braconid Wasp |
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| Chalcididea
(Chalcid wasps) |
Chrysididae
(Cuckoo Wasps) |
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Chalcid wasp, Conura sp. |
Chalcid wasp |
Cuckoo Wasp |
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| Crabronidae (Crabronid Wasps) |
Western Sand Wasp,
Bembix americana |
Sand Wasp, Bembix sp. |
Bembicine Wasp
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Bicyrtes sp. |
Hunting Wasp: Tribe Cercerini |
Cerceris sextoides |
Cerceris sp. |
Cerceris sp. |
Cerceris sp. Female |
Cerceris sp. Male |
Cerceris sp. |
Cerceris sp. Male |
Cerceris sp. |
Dryudella sp. |
Square-headed Wasp, Ectemnius sp. |
Eucerceris provancheri |
Sand-loving Wasp, Tribe Larrini |
Square-headed Wasp, Tribe Larrini |
Square-headed Wasp, Tribe Larrini |
Square-headed wasp, Tribe Miscophini |
Square-headed Wasp, Liris sp. |
Sand Wasp, Microbembex sp. |
Square-headed Wasp, Oxybelus sp. |
Square-headed Wasp, Solierella sp. |
Bee Wolf, Philanthus crabroniformis |
Bee Wolf, Philanthus gibbosus |
Pacific Burrowing Wasp,
Philanthus multimaculatus |
Hunting Wasp: Philanthus sp. |
Hunting Wasp: Philanthus sp. |
Square-headed wasp, Pison sp |
Sand Wasp, Steniolia sp. |
Steniola sp.? |
Tachysphex |
Square-headed Wasp, Tachytes sp. |
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Cynipidae
(Gall Wasps) |
Diapriidae
(Diapriid Wasps) |
Encyrtidae
(Encyrtid Wasps) |
Eulophidae
(Eulophid Wasps) |
Eupelmidae (Ant-like Eupelmid Wasps) |
Disc Gall Wasp, Andricus parmula (gall) |
Coptera sp. |
Psyllaephagus bliteus |
Eulophid Wasp |
Ant-like Eupelmid Wasp |
Eurytomidae
(Eurytomid Wasps) |
Gasteruptiidae (Gasteruptiid Wasps) |
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Sycophila sp. (?) |
Gasteruption sp. |
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| Ichneumonidae (Ichneumon Wasps) |
Anomalon sp. |
Compsocryptus sp. |
Diplazon laetatorius |
Syrphoctonus pacificus (reared from Allograpta obliqua pupa) |
Subfamily Campopleginae (male) |
Subfamily Campopleginae (female) |
Subfamily Cryptinae |
Subfamily Gelinae |
Subfamily Ichneumoninae |
Netelia sp. |
Short-tailed Ichneumon Wasp; Subfamily Ophioninae
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Pimpla saguinipes |
Subfamily Pimplinae |
Temelucha grapholithaa complex? |
Ichneumon Wasp
(reared from Tussock moth pupa) |
| Mutillidae (Velvet Ants) |
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Red-haired Velvet Ant,
Dasymutilla aureola pacifica |
Velvet Ant, Dasymutilla sackenii |
Velvet Ant, Dasymutilla sp. |
Red-haired Velvet Ant, Pseudomethoca anthracina |
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| Perilampidae |
Platygasteridae |
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Fam. Perilampidae |
Platygasterid wasp |
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| Pompilidae (Spider Wasps) Movie of an interaction between Tarantula and Tarantula Hawk (in Costa Rica) |
Dipigon calipterus nubifer |
Episyryon conterminus posterus |
Notocyphus dorsalis |
Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis mexicana |
Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis mildei |
Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis thisbe |
Tarantula Hawk, Pepsis sp. |
Spider Wasp, Psorthaspis planata |
Red tailed Spider Hunter, Tachypompilus unicolor |
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| Pteromalidae (Pteromalid Wasps) |
Club-horned Wasps (Sapygidae) |
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Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps) |
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Pteromalid Wasp |
Club-horned Wasp, Sapyga sp. |
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Scoliid Wasp, Campsomeris tolteca |
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| Sphecidae (Sphecid Wasps) |
Burrowing Wasp,
Ammophila sp. |
Burrowing Wasp,
Ammophila sp. |
Blue Mud Wasp,
Chlorion sp. |
Grass-carrying Wasp,
Isodontia elegans
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Grass-carrying Wasp,
Isodontia (mexicana?) |
Thread-waisted Wasp,
Palmodes sp. |
Burrowing Wasp,
Podalonia sp. |
Podalonia sp.? |
Thread-waisted Wasp,
Prionyx parkeri |
Thread-waisted Wasp,
Prionyx thomae |
Black and Yellow Mud Dauber,
Sceliphron caementarium |
Great Golden Digger Wasp,
Sphex ichneumoneus |
Burrowing Wasp,
Sphex lucae |
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| Torymidae (Torymid Wasps) |
Tiphiidae (Tiphiid Wasps) |
Torymid Wasp |
Myzinum sp.
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Myzinum sp. |
Myzinum sp. |
Tiphiid wasp
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| Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Eumeninae - Potter and Mason Wasps |
Mason Wasp, Ancistrocerus sp. |
Potter Wasp, Eumenes bollii |
Potter Wasp, Eumenes crucifer |
Eumenes sp. |
Mason Wasp,
Euodynerus hidalgo viereckii |
Mason Wasp, Euodynerus sp. |
Mason Wasp, Stenodynerus sp. |
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| Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Eumeninae - Potter and Mason Wasps (cont.) |
Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Masarinae - Pollen Wasps |
Mason Wasp,
Parancistrocerus sp. |
Mason Wasp,
Parancistrocerus sp. |
Common Paper Wasp,
Polistes exclamans |
Pollen Wasp,
Pseudomasaris coquilletti |
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Pollen Wasp,
Pseudomasaris edwardsii |
| Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Polistinae - Paper Wasps |
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Western Paper Wasp, Mischocyttarus flavitarsis |
Paper Wasp,
Polistes apachus |
Paper Wasp,
Polistes aurifer |
European Paper Wasp,
Polistes dominula |
Paper Wasp,
Polistes dorsalis californicus |
| Vespidae (True Wasps), Subfamily Vespinae - Hornets and Yellowjackets |
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Western Yellowjacket,
Vespula pensylvanica |
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| Bees |
| Andrenidae (Mining Bees) |
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Andrena prunorum |
Andrena sp., subgenus Hesperandrena |
Calliopsis sp.
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Calliopsis sp. |
Calliopsis sp. |
Perdita rhois |
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| Apidae (True Bees) |
Anthophorine Bee,
Anthophora californica |
Anthophorine Bee,
Anthophora squammulosa |
Anthophorine Bee,
Anthophora urbana |
Anthophorine Bee,
Anthophorula (chionura?) |
Anthophorine Bee,
Anthophorula sp. |
Honey Bee,
Apis mellifera |
Bumble Bee,
Bombus californicus |
Bumble Bee,
Bombus crotchii |
Bumble Bee,
Bombus melanopygus |
Sonoran Bumble Bee,
Bombus sonorus |
Yellowfaced Bumble Bee, Bombus (Pyrobombus) vosnesenskii |
Small Carpenter Bee,
Ceratina arizonensis |
Small Carpenter Bee,
Ceratina cockerelli |
Small Carpenter Bee,
Ceratina sp. |
Cactus Bee, Diadasia australis (californica?) |
Mallow-visiting Bee, Diadasia sp., subgenus Coquillettapis |
Cuckoo Bee, Epeolus sp. |
Long-horned Bee, Eucera sp. |
Long-horned Bee,
Melissodes (robustior?) |
Anthophorine Bee, Habropoda (female) |
Anthophorine Bee, Habropoda (male) |
Digger Bee, Melissodes stearnsi |
Digger Bee, Melissodes sp., (subgenus Callimelissodes?). |
Digger Bee, Melissodes (agilis)? |
Digger Bee, Melissodes sp. |
Cuckoo Bee, Nomada suavis |
Cuckoo Bee, Nomada sp. |
Cuckoo Bee, Nomada sp. |
Squash Bee, Peponapis pruinosa |
Tetraloniella pomonae |
Cuckoo Bee, Triepeolus sp. |
Cuckoo Bee, Zacosmia maculata |
Little Carpenter Bee,
Xylocopa tabaniformis orpifex |
Valley Carpenter Bee,
Xylocopa varipuncta (female) |
Valley Carpenter Bee, Xylocopa varipuncta (male) |
| Colletidae
(Plasterer Bees) |
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Colletes simulans nevadensis |
Cellophane Bee,
Colletes sleveni |
Colletes sp. |
Yellow-masked Bee,
Hylaeus calvus |
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| Halictidae
(Halictid Bees) - Agapostemon |
Green Metallic Bee, Agapostemon Agapostemon (angelicus?) |
Green Metallic Bee,
Agapostemon melliventris |
Green Metallic Bee,
Agapostemon sp. |
Green Metallic Bee,
Agapostemon sp. |
Green Metallic Bee,
Agapostemon sp. |
Green Metallic Bee,
Agapostemon sp. |
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| Halictidae (Halictid Bees) - others |
Sweat Bee, Dufourea sp. |
Sweat Bee, Halictus farinosus |
Sweat Bee, Halictus ligatus |
Sweat Bee, Halictus tripartitus |
Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sisymbrii |
Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sp. |
Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sp. |
Sweat Bee, Lasioglossum sp., subgenus Dialictus |
Sweat Bee, Sphecodes sp |
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| Megachilidae (Leafcutter and Mason Bees) |
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| Tribe Megachilini (Leafcutter Bees) |
Anthidium sp. |
Megachile brevis onobrychidis |
Megachile fidelis |
Megachile gentilis |
Megachile sp., subgenus Chelostomoides |
Megachile sp., (subgenus Litomegachile?) |
Megachile sp., subgenus Megachiloides |
Megachile sp. |
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| Tribe Osmiini (Leafcutter and Mason Bees) |
Heriades sp.? |
American Bee,
Hoplitis (Alcidamea) producta |
Osmia sp.
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Tribe Osmiini |
Tribe Osmiini |
Ashmeadiella sp.
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| Sawflies |
| Tenthredinidae (Sawflies) |
Bristly Roseslug Sawfly,
Cladius difformis |
Sawfly
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