Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Hymenoptera

Emerald Cockroach Wasp

Ampulex compressa

22 mm
Hymenoptera

Emerald Cuckoo Wasp

Stilbum cyanurum

10-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Emerald Driver Ant

Dorylus emeryi

3-12 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Encyrtus Scale Parasite

Encyrtus infelix

1-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Ensign Wasp

Evania appendigaster

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Erratic Ant

Tapinoma erraticum

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

European Amazon Ant

Polyergus rufescens

6-7 mm
Hymenoptera

European Banded Ichneumon

Amblyteles armatorius

14-18 mm
Hymenoptera

European Beewolf

Philanthus triangulum

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

European Corn Borer Braconid

Macrocentrus cingulum

4-7 mm
Hymenoptera

European Corn Borer Egg Parasitoid

Trichogramma ostriniae

0.3-0.5 mm
Hymenoptera

European Corn Borer Parasite

Macrocentrus grandii

5-8 mm
Hymenoptera

European Fire Ant

Myrmica rubra

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera

European Hornet

Vespa crabro

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

European Melittid

Melitta leporina

11-14 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

European Oil Bee

Macropis europaea

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

European Orussid Wood Wasp

Orussus unicolor

8-12 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

European Pine Sawfly

Neodiprion sertifer

7-10 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

European Red Wood Ant

Formica rufa

4-9 mm
Hymenoptera

European Spider Wasp

Episyron albonotatum

8-14 mm
Hymenoptera

European Spruce Sawfly

Gilpinia hercyniae

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

European Velvet Ant

Mutilla europaea

10-15 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

European Wheat Stem Sawfly

Cephus pygmeus

8-10 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

European Xiphydriid

Xiphydria longicollis

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Executioner Wasp

Polistes carnifex

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Exploding Ant

Colobopsis explodens

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Fairy Wasp

Kikiki huna

0.13-0.18 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Fairy Wasp

Mymaridae sp. (Kikiki huna)

0.13-0.18 mm
Hymenoptera

Fairyfly Wasp

Dicopomorpha echmepterygis

0.139-0.240 mm
Hymenoptera

Fierce Big-Headed Ant

Pheidole fervens

1.5-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Fig Wasp

Blastophaga psenes

1.5-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Fig Wasp

Ceratosolen fusciceps

1.5-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Fiji Tree Ant

Paraparatrechina oceanica

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Fire-tailed Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis viridula

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Flat-tailed Leaf-cutter Bee

Megachile mendica

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Florida Carpenter Ant

Camponotus floridanus

5-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Florida Twig Ant

Pseudomyrmex ejectus

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Forelius Ant

Forelius pruinosus

2-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Four-banded Furrow Bee

Halictus quadricinctus

14-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Four-spotted Cuckoo Bee

Nomada leucophthalma

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Four-toothed Mason Wasp

Monobia quadridens

16-19 mm
Hymenoptera Critically Endangered

Franklin's Bumble Bee

Bombus franklini

14-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Fringed Leafcutter Bee

Megachile fidelis

11-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Fulvus Driver Ant

Dorylus fulvus

3-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Gall Wasp

Andricus quercuscalicis

3-4 mm
Hymenoptera

German Yellowjacket

Vespula germanica

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Brazilian Ant

Dinoponera australis

20-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Bull Ant

Myrmecia brevinoda

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Forest Ant

Dinomyrmex gigas

8-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Forest Ant

Camponotus gigas

20-30 mm workers, queens up to 35 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Honey Bee

Apis dorsata

17-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Ichneumon Wasp

Dolichomitus imperator

20-40 mm body, 70 mm ovipositor
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Giant Neotropical Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa frontalis

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Orange Ichneumon

Netelia producta

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Ponerine Ant

Pachycondyla crassinoda

14-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Resin Bee

Megachile sculpturalis

14-24 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Scoliid Wasp

Megascolia procer

40-55 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Trap-jaw Ant

Odontomachus hastatus

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Giant Twig Ant

Pseudomyrmex spinicola

5-10 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Glyptomorpha Braconid

Glyptomorpha deesae

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Gnamptogenys Ant

Gnamptogenys striatula

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Gold Cuckoo Wasp

Chrysis fasciata

7-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Gold-fringed Mason Bee

Osmia aurulenta

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Gold-tailed Ruby Wasp

Chrysis fulgida

7-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Carpenter Ant

Camponotus sericeiventris

8-18 mm
Hymenoptera Vulnerable

Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Bombus fervidus

14-20 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Golden Orchid Bee

Eufriesea surinamensis

18-24 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Orchid Bee

Eulaema bombiformis

22-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Paper Wasp

Polistes fuscatus

15-21 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Paper Wasp

Polistes aurifer

14-19 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Pergid Sawfly

Perga gravenhorstii

14-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden Spiny Ant

Polyrhachis ammon

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Golden-tailed Bull Ant

Myrmecia chrysogaster

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Gooseberry Sawfly

Nematus ribesii

6-8 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Graceful Twig Ant

Tetraponera aethiops

5-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Grain Moth Parasitoid

Pteromalus cerealellae

1.5-3 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Grain Pteromalid

Anisopteromalus calandrae

1.5-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Grass Sawfly

Pachynematus clitellatus

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Great Banded Furrow Bee

Halictus scabiosae

13-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Great Golden Digger Wasp

Sphex ichneumoneus

18-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Green Alder Sawfly

Monsoma pulveratum

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Green Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa aerata

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Green Metallic Bee

Augochloropsis metallica

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Green Tree Ant

Oecophylla smaragdina subnitida

5-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Green-head Ant

Rhytidoponera metallica

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Green-legged Sawfly

Perga dorsalis

12-18 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Greenhouse Whitefly Parasitoid

Encarsia formosa

0.5-0.8 mm
Hymenoptera

Grey-patched Mining Bee

Andrena nitida

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Gum-Tree Pergid Sawfly

Perga polita

14-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Gwynne's Mining Bee

Andrena bicolor

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Gypsy Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus bohemicus

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Gypsy Moth Parasite

Cotesia melanoscela

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Hairy Panther Ant

Neoponera obscuricornis

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Hairy Wood Ant

Formica lugubris

4-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Hairy-footed Flower Bee

Anthophora plumipes

14-16 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Hairy-legged Mining Bee

Melitta tricincta

9-11 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Hairy-saddled Colletes

Colletes succinctus

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Harvester Ant

Messor barbarus

3-14 mm
Hymenoptera Endangered

Hawaiian Assimulans Yellow-faced Bee

Hylaeus assimulans

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Hawaiian Big-headed Ant

Pheidole megacephala

2-4 mm