Insect Directory

4959 species across 37 orders

Hymenoptera

Rough Harvester Ant

Pogonomyrmex rugosus

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Rough Leafcutter Ant

Acromyrmex rugosus

3-9 mm
Hymenoptera Critically Endangered

Rusty Patched Bumble Bee

Bombus affinis

13-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Sabre Wasp

Rhyssa persuasoria

25-40 mm body length
Hymenoptera

Saharan Carpenter Ant

Camponotus aegyptiacus

8-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Saharan Silver Ant

Cataglyphis bombycina

5-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Sand Wasp

Bembix americana

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Sand Wasp

Bembix rostrata

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

Sandpit Mining Bee

Andrena barbilabris

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Savanna Driver Ant

Dorylus gribodoi

2-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Saxon Wasp

Dolichovespula saxonica

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Scarlet Pergid Sawfly

Pergagrapta polita

10-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Scarlet-Bodied Pergid Sawfly

Perga kirbyi

16-24 mm
Hymenoptera

Schaufuss's Rover Ant

Tetramorium schaufussii

2-3.5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Schizonotus Chalcid

Schizonotus sieboldi

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Severini's Rover Ant

Tetramorium severini

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera Near Threatened

Sharp-tailed Bee

Coelioxys conoidea

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Short-tailed Ichneumon

Megarhyssa nortoni

30-50 mm
Hymenoptera

Short-tailed Ichneumon

Ophion luteus

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Silver Birch Web-Spinning Sawfly

Pamphilius sylvaticus

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Silvery Leafcutter Bee

Megachile leachella

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Sirex Woodwasp

Sirex noctilio

15-36 mm
Hymenoptera

Slave-Maker Ant

Temnothorax americanus

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Slave-Making Ant

Formica sanguinea

5-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Slender Ant

Myrmica scabrinodis

3.5-5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Small Carpenter Bee

Ceratina calcarata

5–8 mm
Hymenoptera

Small Scissor Bee

Chelostoma florisomne

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Smeathman's Furrow Bee

Lasioglossum smeathmanellum

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Smelly Carpenter Ant

Dolichoderus thoracicus

3-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Snapping Amblyopone

Stigmatomma oregonense

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Social Pear Sawfly

Neurotoma saltuum

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Solomon's Seal Sawfly

Phymatocera aterrima

8-10 mm
Hymenoptera

Sonoran Honeypot Ant

Myrmecocystus navajo

5-12 mm
Hymenoptera

South African Argid Sawfly

Arge capensis

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

South American Cuckoo Bee

Exaerete frontalis

22-28 mm
Hymenoptera

South American Eucalyptus Sawfly

Lophyrotoma zonalis

10-14 mm
Hymenoptera

South American Fire Ant

Solenopsis saevissima

2-6 mm
Hymenoptera

South American Giant Hornet

Apoica pallens

20-30 mm
Hymenoptera

South American Grain Stem Sawfly

Cephus fumipennis

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera

South American Leafcutter Ant

Atta sexdens

2-14 mm (varies by caste)
Hymenoptera

South American Velvet Ant

Traumatomutilla indica

15-22 mm
Hymenoptera

South American Wattle Sawfly

Arge pullata

7-10 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Southeast Asian Stingless Bee

Heterotrigona itama

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Southeastern Blueberry Bee

Habropoda laboriosa

12-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Soybean Aphid Parasite

Binodoxys communis

1.5-2 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Spalangia Fly Parasite

Spalangia cameroni

1.5-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Spangle Gall Wasp

Neuroterus quercusbaccarum

1.5–2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Spider Wasp

Cryptocheilus bicolor

20-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Spine-waisted Ant

Aphaenogaster tennesseensis

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Spine-Waisted Ant

Aphaenogaster rudis

4-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Spined Sweat Bee

Agapostemon splendens

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Spiny Ant

Polyrhachis dives

5-7 mm
Hymenoptera

Spotted Xiphydriid Wood Wasp

Xiphydria camelus

12-21 mm
Hymenoptera

Spotted-eye Hover Fly

Eristalinus taeniops

12-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Spruce Budworm Parasite

Meteorus trachynotus

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Squash Bee

Peponapis pruinosa

12-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Steel-blue Cricket Hunter

Chlorion aerarium

18-28 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Steel-blue Woodwasp

Sirex cyaneus

12–28 mm
Hymenoptera

Steelblue Ichneumon

Lissopimpla excelsa

12-18 mm
Hymenoptera

Stripe-Backed Leafcutter Ant

Acromyrmex striatus

3-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Striped Alder Sawfly

Hemichroa crocea

7-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Sugar Ant

Camponotus consobrinus

5-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Sugarbag Bee

Tetragonula carbonaria

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Sugarcane Borer Egg Parasitoid

Trichogramma galloi

0.3-0.5 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Sulawesi Honey Bee

Apis nigrocincta

10-13 mm
Hymenoptera

Sunda Colugo Fly

Megischus bicolor

20-35 mm excluding ovipositor
Hymenoptera

Swaine Jack Pine Sawfly

Neodiprion swainei

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Swarm-Founding Wasp

Polybia paulista

10-15 mm
Hymenoptera

Sweat Bee

Agapostemon virescens

9-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Sweat Bee

Augochlorella aurata

4-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Sweat Bee

Augochlora pura

6-9 mm
Hymenoptera

Sweat Bee

Halictus ligatus

7-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Sweat Bee of the Desert

Lasioglossum titusi

5-8 mm
Hymenoptera

Swollen-thorn Acacia Ant

Pseudomyrmex peperi

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Tarantula Hawk

Pepsis grossa

40-65 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Tawny Crazy Ant

Nylanderia fulva

2-3 mm
Hymenoptera

Tawny Mining Bee

Andrena fulva

8-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Teddy Bear Bee

Amegilla bombiformis

15-20 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Texas Leafcutter Ant

Atta texana

1.5-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Texas Striped Sweat Bee

Agapostemon texanus

9-11 mm
Hymenoptera

Thatching Ant

Formica obscuripes

4-8 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Thief Ant

Solenopsis molesta

1-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Thistle Gall Wasp

Isocolus scabiosae

1.5-2.5 mm
Hymenoptera

Thistledown Velvet Ant

Dasymutilla gloriosa

12-20 mm
Hymenoptera

Thread-waisted Wasp

Ammophila sabulosa

16-24 mm
Hymenoptera Data Deficient

Tinkerbell Fairyfly

Tinkerbella nana

0.25 mm
Hymenoptera

Tiny Dark Sweat Bee

Lasioglossum villosulum

5-6 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Tobacco Caterpillar Braconid

Microplitis demolitor

2-4 mm
Hymenoptera

Tormus Bee

Perdita minima

1.5-2 mm
Hymenoptera

Trachymyrmex Fungus-growing Ant

Trachymyrmex septentrionalis

3-5 mm
Hymenoptera

Trap-Jaw Ant

Odontomachus bauri

8-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Trichiosoma Hawthorn Sawfly

Trichiosoma lucorum

16-23 mm
Hymenoptera

Trimmer's Mining Bee

Andrena trimmerana

10-12 mm
Hymenoptera

Triplaris Ant

Pseudomyrmex triplarinus

4-7 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Tropical Carpenter Bee

Xylocopa latipes

25-35 mm
Hymenoptera

Tropical Fire Ant

Solenopsis geminata

2-6 mm
Hymenoptera

Tundra Ichneumon Wasp

Ichneumon gracilicornis

10-16 mm
Hymenoptera

Turnip Sawfly

Athalia rosae

6-8 mm
Hymenoptera Not Evaluated

Turtle Ant

Cephalotes atratus

6-14 mm
Hymenoptera

Twig Ant

Pseudomyrmex gracilis

8-10 mm