Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Hymenoptera Endangered

Hawaiian Easy Yellow-faced Bee

Hylaeus facilis

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera Endangered

Hawaiian Yellow-faced Bee

Hylaeus longiceps

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Hazel Sawfly

Croesus septentrionalis

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Heather Mining Bee

Andrena fuscipes

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Hercules Ant

Camponotus herculeanus

6-14 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Hockeria Chalcid

Hockeria unicolor

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Honey Bee

Apis mellifera

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Honey Pot Ant

Myrmecocystus mexicanus

5-15 mm (repletes up to 25 mm swollen)
Hymenoptera

Honeypot Ant

Myrmecocystus mimicus

4-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Honeysuckle Sawfly

Zaraea fasciata

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Hooked Army Ant

Eciton hamatum

3-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Horned Baboon Spider-hunting Wasp

Sphex tomentosus

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Horned Mason Bee

Osmia cornuta

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Hornfaced Bee

Osmia cornifrons

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Horntail Wasp

Urocerus gigas

25-40 mm
Hymenoptera

Horse Chestnut Leafminer Parasitoid

Pnigalio agraules

1-2 mm
Hymenoptera

House Fly Pupal Parasitoid

Muscidifurax raptor

1-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Hunt's Bumble Bee

Bombus huntii

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Ichneumon Wasp

Megarhyssa macrurus

25-50 mm body plus 100+ mm ovipositor
Hymenoptera

Indian Flower Wasp

Scolia quadripustulata

18-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Indian Giant Ant

Camponotus compressus

6-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Indian Honey Bee

Apis cerana indica

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Indian Jumping Ant

Harpegnathos saltator

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Indian Paper Wasp

Ropalidia marginata

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Indian Spider Wasp

Hemipepsis tamisieri

25-45 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Introduced Pine Sawfly

Diprion similis

7-10 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Iris Sawfly

Rhadinoceraea micans

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Jack Jumper Ant

Myrmecia pilosula

12-14 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Jack Pine Sawfly

Neodiprion pratti banksianae

6-8 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Japanese Carpenter Ant

Camponotus japonicus

7-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa appendiculata

20-25 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Giant Hornet

Vespa mandarinia japonica

35-55 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Giant Ichneumon

Megarhyssa praecellens

30-45 mm body, ovipositor up to 80 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Honeybee

Apis cerana japonica

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Horntail

Urocerus japonicus

25-40 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Horntail

Eriotremex formosanus

20-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Maple Sawfly

Megalodontes cephalotes

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Paper Wasp

Polistes japonicus

11-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Scoliid Wasp

Scolia oculata

20-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Scoliid Wasp

Megascolia japonica

30-50 mm
Hymenoptera

Japanese Spider Wasp

Batozonellus lacerticida

15-25 mm
Hymenoptera

Jet Black Ant

Lasius fuliginosus

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Jewel Wasp Pteromalid

Nasonia vitripennis

1-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Keyhole Wasp

Pachodynerus nasidens

10-15 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Koschevnikov's Honey Bee

Apis koschevnikovi

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Lapland Bumblebee

Bombus lapponicus

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Larch Sawfly

Pristiphora erichsonii

8-12 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera

Large Birch Cimbicid

Cimbex connatus

18-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Large Garden Bumble Bee

Bombus ruderatus

14-24 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Large Larch Sawfly

Nematus erichsonii

8-10 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Large Oak Cynipid

Cynips quercusfolii

2.5–4 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Large Rose Sawfly

Arge pagana

7-10 mm (adult)
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Large Sallow Mining Bee

Andrena apicata

11-14 mm
Hymenoptera Vulnerable

Large Scabious Mining Bee

Andrena hattorfiana

14-17 mm
Hymenoptera

Large Scoliid Wasp

Megascolia maculata

25-45 mm
Hymenoptera

Large Shaggy Bee

Panurgus banksianus

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Large Yellow-faced Bee

Hylaeus signatus

7-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Large-headed Resin Bee

Heriades truncorum

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Large-legged Chalcid

Chalcis myrifex

4-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Larger Citronella Ant

Lasius interjectus

4-4.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Leaf-Rolling Rose Sawfly

Blennocampa phyllocolpa

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Leafcutter Ant

Atta cephalotes

2-14 mm (varies by caste)
Hymenoptera

Legionary Ant

Neivamyrmex nigrescens

2-5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Lemon-tree Borer Parasite

Diachasmimorpha longicaudata

4-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Lesser Banded Hornet

Vespa affinis

22-30 mm
Hymenoptera

Lesser Bullet Ant

Neoponera villosa

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Lesser Citronella Ant

Lasius claviger

3-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Lesser Leaf-Cutter Ant

Acromyrmex octospinosus

2-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Little Fire Ant

Wasmannia auropunctata

1-1.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Loblolly Pine Sawfly

Neodiprion taedae linearis

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Long-horned Bee

Eucera longicornis

13-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Long-Horned Xiphydriid

Xiphydria prolongata

14-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Long-Legged Desert Ant

Cataglyphis bicolor

6-12 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Long-legged Oil Bee

Rediviva longimanus

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Long-tailed Giant Ichneumon

Megarhyssa atrata

30-50 mm body, ovipositor up to 130 mm
Hymenoptera

Longhorn Crazy Ant

Paratrechina longicornis

2.5-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Lower Attine Ant

Cyphomyrmex rimosus

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Lunar Ichneumon Wasp

Megarhyssa lunator

30-50 mm body, ovipositor up to 130 mm
Hymenoptera

Lunate Ichneumon

Megarhyssa greenei

25-40 mm body, ovipositor up to 80 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Lythrum Bee

Melitta nigricans

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Macromeris Spider Wasp

Entypus unifasciatus

15-30 mm
Hymenoptera Endangered

Macropis Cuckoo Bee

Epeoloides coecutiens

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Malagasy Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa madecassa

20-30 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Malagasy Dracula Ant

Mystrium voeltzkowi

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Malagasy Edmond's Carpenter Ant

Camponotus edmondi

6-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Malagasy Mud Dauber Wasp

Sceliphron madecassum

20-28 mm
Hymenoptera

Malagasy Orchid Bee

Liotrigona madecassa

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Malagasy Paper Wasp

Polistes olivaceus

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Malagasy Rover Ant

Tetramorium kelleri

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Malagasy Trap-jaw Ant

Mystrium oberthueri

4-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Malagasy Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla madagascariensis

10-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Marauder Ant

Carebara diversa

1-15 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Margined Colletes

Colletes marginatus

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Maricopa Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex maricopa

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Mars Leafcutter Ant

Atta colombica

2-16 mm (varies by caste)
Hymenoptera

Mason Wasp

Ancistrocerus nigricornis

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Matabele Ant

Megaponera analis

10-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Meat Ant

Iridomyrmex purpureus

6-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Median Wasp

Dolichovespula media

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Mediterranean Harvester Ant

Messor capitatus

4-12 mm