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New Ants, Bees, and Wasps  
Dasymutilla occidentalis - Cow Killer (Velvet Ant) Dasymutilla occidentalis - Cow Killer (Velvet Ant) Dasymutilla occidentalis - Cow Killer (Velvet Ant)
velvet ant, cow killer, wasp, female, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, false cape state park, virginia velvet ant, cow killer, wasp, female, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, false cape state park, virginia velvet ant, cow killer, wasp, female, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, false cape state park, virginia
Ants with Cicada Wing Ants with Cicada Wing Ants with Cicada Wing
ants transport cicada wing, social insect, cooperation, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, occoneechee state park, virginia ants transport cicada wing, social insect, cooperation, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, occoneechee state park, virginia ants transport cicada wing, social insect, cooperation, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, occoneechee state park, virginia
Ants with Cicada Wing Ants with Cicada Wing Ants with Cicada Wing
ants transport cicada wing, social insect, cooperation, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, occoneechee state park, virginia ants transport cicada wing, social insect, cooperation, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, occoneechee state park, virginia ants transport cicada wing, social insect, cooperation, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, occoneechee state park, virginia
Xylocopa virginica - Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica - Eastern Carpenter Bee Xylocopa virginica - Eastern Carpenter Bee
eastern carpenter bee in flight, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, dutch gap conservation area, virginia eastern carpenter bee in flight, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, dutch gap conservation area, virginia eastern carpenter bee in flight, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, dutch gap conservation area, virginia

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Honey Bee Swarm  
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Note: These may or may not be Africanized honey bees. I had no intention of getting close enough to find out how aggressive they might have been.
Honey Bee Swarm Honey Bee Swarm Honey Bee Swarm
honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Honey Bee Swarm Honey Bee Swarm Honey Bee Swarm
honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Honey Bee Swarm
Honey Bee Swarm
Honey Bee Swarm
honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Honey Bee Swarm
Honey Bee Swarm
Honey Bee Swarm
honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
honey bee swarm, eusocial insect, tonto national forest, arizona, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate

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Ants  
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ant ant ant
ant, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ant, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ant, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
ant on leaf ant on leaf ant on leaf
ant, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ant, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ant, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
ants on seed pod ant Carpenter Ant
ants, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, seed pod ant, aphid, insect, symbiosis, honeydew, protection, arthropod, invertebrate ant, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate

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Bees  
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Megachile sculpturalis - Giant Resin Bee on Button Bush Megachile sculpturalis - Giant Resin Bee Megachile sculpturalis - Giant Resin Bee
giant resin bee, insect, button bush, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate giant resin bee, insect, button bush, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate giant resin bee, insect, button bush, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Megachile sculpturalis - Giant Resin Bee Megachile sculpturalis - Giant Resin Bee Megachile sculpturalis - Giant Resin Bee
giant resin bee, insect, button bush, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate giant resin bee, insect, button bush, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate giant resin bee, insect, button bush, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee on flowers bee on flower bee on flower
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee on flower
bee on flower
bee on flower
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee bee bee
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee bee bee
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee on a flower bee on flower bee
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
honey bee
honey bee
honey bee
honey bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate honey bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate honey bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
honey bee
bee bee
honey bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, pollen, insect, flower, reproduction, honey, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee and flower bee on flower bee
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee
bee
 
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
bee, insect, pollination, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
 

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Velvet Ants  
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Dasymutilla occidentalis - Cow Killer (Velvet Ant) Dasymutilla occidentalis - Cow Killer (Velvet Ant) Dasymutilla occidentalis - Cow Killer (Velvet Ant)
velvet ant, cow killer, wasp, female, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, false cape state park, virginia velvet ant, cow killer, wasp, female, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, false cape state park, virginia velvet ant, cow killer, wasp, female, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, false cape state park, virginia
Dasymutilla - Velvet Ant Dasymutilla - Velvet Ant Dasymutilla - Velvet Ant
velvet ant, wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona velvet ant, wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona velvet ant, wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona
Dasymutilla - Velvet Ant Dasymutilla - Velvet Ant  
velvet ant, wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona velvet ant, wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona  

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Wasps  
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Pepsis - Tarantula Hawk Pepsis - Tarantula Hawk Pepsis - Tarantula Hawk
tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Pepsis - Tarantula Hawk Pepsis - Tarantula Hawk Pepsis - Tarantula Hawk
tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Pepsis - Tarantula Hawk Pepsis - Tarantula Hawk wasp
tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
wasp Bicyrtes - Sand Wasp Bicyrtes - Sand Wasp
wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate sand wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate sand wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
wasp
wasp
wasp
wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Sphex ichneumoneus - Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus - Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus - Great Golden Digger Wasp
great golden digger wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate great golden digger wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate great golden digger wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Sphex ichneumoneus - Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus - Great Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ichneumoneus - Great Golden Digger Wasp
great golden digger wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate great golden digger wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate great golden digger wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Ammophila nigricans - Thread-waisted Wasp Ammophila nigricans - Thread-waisted Wasp Ammophila nigricans - Thread-waisted Wasp
thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Ammophila nigricans - Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila nigricans - Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila nigricans - Thread-waisted Wasp
thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
wasp
Sphex ichneumoneus - Great Golden Digger Wasp
Tarantula Hawk
wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
great golden digger wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
tarantula hawk, spider wasp, insect, preys on spiders for offspring, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Polistes flavus - Paper Wasp Polistes flavus - Paper Wasp Polistes flavus - Paper Wasp
paper wasp with caterpillar prey, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona paper wasp with caterpillar prey, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona paper wasp with caterpillar prey, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, mesquite wash, tonto national forest, arizona
Polistes flavus - Paper Wasp Polistes flavus - Paper Wasp Polistes flavus - Paper Wasp
paper wasp drinking on water surface, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, surface tension, black mesa, tonto national forest, arizona paper wasp drinking on water surface, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, surface tension, black mesa, tonto national forest, arizona paper wasp drinking on water surface, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, surface tension, black mesa, tonto national forest, arizona
wasp
paper wasp and nest
paper wasp and nest
paper wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate paper wasp, insect, shelter, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate paper wasp, insect, shelter, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Paper Wasp Paper Wasp Paper Wasp
paper wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate paper wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate paper wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
wasp paper wasp paper wasp
paper wasp , insect, shelter, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate paper wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate paper wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
Ammophila - Thread-w aisted Wasp Ammophila - Thread-waisted Wasp Ammophila - Thread-waisted Wasp
thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate thread-waisted wasp, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
sawfly Vespa crabro - European Hornet  
common sawfly, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate european hornet, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate, nelson county, virginia  

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Ants carry an injured deer fly into their hole (series)
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ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 1 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 2 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 3
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 1, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 2, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 3, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 4 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 5 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 6
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 4, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 5, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 6, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 7 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 8 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 9
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 7, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 8, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 9, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 10 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 11 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 12
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 10, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 11, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 12, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 13 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 14 ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 15
ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 13, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 14, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate ants carry injured deer fly into their hole - frame 15, insect, hymenoptera, arthropod, invertebrate

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