Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Hymenoptera

Blue Mud Dauber

Chalybion californicum

10-23 mm
Hymenoptera

Blue Orchard Bee

Osmia lignaria

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Blue-Banded Bee

Amegilla cingulata

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Blue-black Spider Wasp

Anoplius viaticus

8-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp

Scolia dubia

18-25 mm
Hymenoptera

Blunthorn Bee

Melitta haemorrhoidalis

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Bordered Rose Sawfly

Arge cyanocrocea

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Boreal Bumblebee

Bombus borealis

12-17 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Brachymeria Chalcid

Brachymeria intermedia

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Braconid Mummy Wasp

Aphidius matricariae

1.5-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Brazilian Eucalyptus Sawfly

Deuteronomus amoenus

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Brazilian Pergid Sawfly

Perreyia flavipes

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Brazilian Stingless Bee

Melipona quadrifasciata

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Brazilian Wanderer Spider Wasp

Pepsis fabricius

35-55 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Broad-faced Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum platycephalum

7-9 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Broad-footed Colletes

Colletes halophilus

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Bronze Furrow Bee

Halictus tumulorum

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Buff-tailed Bumblebee

Bombus terrestris

11-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Buffish Mining Bee

Andrena nigroaenea

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Bulldog Ant

Myrmecia gulosa

15-25 mm
Hymenoptera

Bullet Ant

Paraponera clavata

18-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Cabbage Looper Parasite

Microplitis plutellae

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera

California Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex californicus

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Cape Honey Bee

Apis mellifera capensis

Workers 11-13 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Cape Oil-collecting Bee

Rediviva neliana

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Carpenter Ant

Camponotus pennsylvanicus

6-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa violacea

20-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Carpenter-Mimic Ant

Camponotus chromaiodes

6-13 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Cassava Mealybug Parasitoid

Anagyrus lopezi

1-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Cellophane Bee

Colletes thoracicus

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Cereal Leaf Miner Parasite

Dacnusa sibirica

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Chestnut Gall Wasp

Dryocosmus kuriphilus

2.5–3 mm
Hymenoptera

Chilean Dolichoderine Ant

Dorymyrmex goetschi

2-3.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Chocolate Mining Bee

Andrena scotica

9-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Cicada Killer Wasp

Sphecius speciosus

30-50 mm
Hymenoptera

Citrus Leafminer Parasitoid

Cirrospilus ingenuus

1-1.5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Citrus Mealybug Encyrtid

Leptomastix dactylopii

1.5-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Clarke's Mining Bee

Andrena clarkella

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Coccygomimus Wasp

Pimpla turionellae

8-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Cocktail Ant

Crematogaster peringueyi

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Coconut Ant

Tapinoma melanocephalum

1.3-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Colorful Ichneumon

Ichneumon sarcitorius

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Columbine Sawfly

Pristiphora aquilegiae

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Carder Bee

Bombus pascuorum

9-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Eastern Bumble Bee

Bombus impatiens

8-23 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Furrow Bee

Lasioglossum calceatum

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Furrow Bee

Halictus rubicundus

9-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Green Furrow Bee

Lasioglossum malachurum

7-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Pimpline Wasp

Pimpla hypochondriaca

10-15 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Common Pine Sawfly

Diprion pini

7-10 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Common Ponerine

Ponera pennsylvanica

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Potter Wasp

Eumenes fraternus

13-17 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Trichogramma Wasp

Trichogramma brassicae

0.3-0.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Common Yellow Ichneumon

Ichneumon stramentor

12-17 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Common Yellowjacket

Vespula vulgaris

12-17 mm
Hymenoptera

Cone Ant

Dorymyrmex insanus

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Copidosoma Polyembryonic Wasp

Copidosoma floridanum

1-1.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Copper-tailed Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis succincta

5-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Coppery Sweat Bee

Augochloropsis sumptuosa

8-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Corn Earworm Egg Parasitoid

Trichogramma pretiosum

0.3-0.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Corsican Seed-Harvesting Ant

Messor wasmanni

4-11 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Cotesia Congregata

Cotesia congregata

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Cotesia Glomerata Wasp

Cotesia glomerata

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Cuckoo Bee

Nomada flava

8-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis ignita

6-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Currant Stem Girdler

Janus integer

8-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Cypress Sawfly

Monoctenus juniperi

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Dacetine Trap-Jaw Ant

Strumigenys emmae

1.5-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Dark Rover Ant

Brachymyrmex patagonicus

1.5-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Davies' Colletes

Colletes daviesanus

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Dawson's Burrowing Bee

Amegilla dawsoni

18-24 mm
Hymenoptera

Desert Blond Tarantula Hawk

Pepsis thisbe

25-45 mm
Hymenoptera

Desert Cuckoo Bee

Nomada texana

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Desert Digger Bee

Centris pallida

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Desert Fire Ant

Solenopsis aurea

2-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Desert Globe Mallow Bee

Diadasia diminuta

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Desert Honeybee

Apis mellifera jemenitica

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Desert Large-headed Bee

Ctenocolletes nigricans

11-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Desert Leaf-Cutter Ant

Acromyrmex versicolor

3-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Desert Navigator Ant

Cataglyphis fortis

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Diamondback Moth Parasite

Diadegma insulare

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Dibrachys Pupal Parasite

Dibrachys cavus

1.5-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Dinoponera Giant Ant

Dinoponera gigantea

30-40 mm
Hymenoptera Critically Endangered

Dinosaur Ant

Nothomyrmecia macrops

10-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Disc-Headed Turtle Ant

Cephalotes varians

3-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Discothyrea Ant

Discothyrea testacea

1.5-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Dock Sawfly

Ametastegia glabrata

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Doorkeeper Ant

Colobopsis truncata

3-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Double-banded Scoliid

Scolia bicincta

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Dracula Ant

Stigmatomma pallipes

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Dracula Ant

Mystrium camillae

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Dusky Birch Sawfly

Croesus latitarsus

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

East African Sugar Ant

Camponotus maculatus

6-14 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Eastern Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa virginica

19-23 mm
Hymenoptera

Eastern Yellowjacket

Vespula maculifrons

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Ectatomma Ant

Ectatomma tuberculatum

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Elm Cimbicid Sawfly

Cimbex luteus

18-25 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Elm Leafminer

Fenusa ulmi

2.5-4 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Elm Zigzag Sawfly

Aproceros leucopoda

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Emerald Ash Borer Parasite

Spathius agrili

3-5 mm