Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Scraping wood fibers from broom handle on porch
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Emerged from spider egg sac collected on 28 Jan 26. 5 mm
Pompilidae
(Spider Wasps)
Found on ground. 7 mm
Phygadeuontini
On apple under apple tree. 5 mm
Hylaeus punctatus
(Punctate Masked Bee)
On Goldenrod. 5 mm
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Anthidium oblongatum
(Carder Bees)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Vespidae
(Hornets, Paper Wasps, Potter Wasps, and Allies)
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Bombus vancouverensis
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Megachile frigida
(Frigid Leafcutter Bee)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
Caught by a goldenrod crab spider on ocean spray flowers.
Apocrita
(Narrow-waisted Wasps, Ants, and Bees)
On front porch
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Ectemnius sp.
Subgenus Hypocrabro
Passaloecus sp.
(Picket-boring Aphid Wasps)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypoxylon
Telenominae
Two of these were found in a container that had a bagworm (Dalica sp.) larva that I collected on April 8. When I checked the container today I found these two wasps, along with about 50 bagworm larvae. Length ~ 1 mm. ...
Formicinae
(Formicine Ants)
On a birch stump
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Ophioninae
(Short-tailed Ichneumonid Wasps)
On sheet with black light\r\n\r\n@bclaridge
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Camponotus laevissimus
(Hairy Smooth Carpenter Ant)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Captured from serviceberry (Amelanchier alnifolia) flower. 5 mm
Associated Species: Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon)
Hoplocampa sp.
Associated Species: Amelanchier alnifolia (Saskatoon)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Abia sp.
(Honeysuckle Sawflies and Allies)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Camponotus laevissimus
(Hairy Smooth Carpenter Ant)
On spruce stump
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Caught, cooled in the fridge, photographed, and released.\nOn golden currant flowers.
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Arenetra sp.
On the side of the shed. \r\n~ 10 mm\r\n\r\n@bclaridge
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
Front porch. ~ 5 mm
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
10 Apr 2025
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Melecta separata
(Mourning Bees)
Gravenhorstiini
Each spring, one of the first insects I see in the yard are these ichneumonids. They flit around the grass and low shrubs, just above ground level. They don\'t stay around long, though.\r\n\r\nAny idea what they might be, @bclaridge?
Dolerus sp.
On the side of the shed.\r\n\r\nCaptured, cooled in the fridge, and released.
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On ground. 7 mm
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Caught after entering hole in spruce stump. 9 mm.
Camponotus sp.
(Carpenter Ants)
Camponotus sp.
(Carpenter Ants)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Osmia
(Mason Bees)
First bee observation in the yard this spring. Male, checking out the holes in the stump.
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Entered house, probably from the nest under the front porch. There are a few still hanging around even though the low temperatures are near freezing.
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Associated Species: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
Hylaeus punctatus
(Punctate Masked Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Isodontia sp.
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Brachymyrmex depilis
(Hairless Rover Ant)
Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Tiny bee, ~ 3 mm
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Colletes sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
On front porch.
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Prionyx sp.
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
UV light trap
Telenominae
21 of these tiny (1 mm) wasps emerged from 22 eggs that I collected from a tomato leaf on 21 July 24. The eggs are shown in the second photo. \r\n
Here is the iNat egg observation.
Associated Species: Enoclerus eximius
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
On front door window
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Telenominae
5 Aug 2024
Emerged from stink bug eggs on a tomato leaf.
The eggs were collected on 21 July 24 and the wasps emerged on (or a few days before) 5 August.
Length ~ 1.0 mm.
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Coelioxys sp.
(Sharptail Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Hylaeus sp.
On bricks of keyhole garden
Megachile rotundata
(Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
On basil flowers
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On fern-leaf yarrow flowers
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Philanthus gibbosus
(Hump-backed Beewolf)
On parsley flowers
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
On globe thistle
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
On basil flowers
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Philanthus gibbosus
(Hump-backed Beewolf)
On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
On goldenrod flowers
Associated Species: Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
On a piece of pineapple on the front porch
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On common yarrow
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
On common yarrrow
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On common yarrow
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
Bombus sp.
Subgenus Pyrobombus
(Bumble Bees)
On globe thistle flowers
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
On globe thistle flowers
Bombus sp.
Subgenus Pyrobombus
(Bumble Bees)
On lavender flowers
Pompilinae
On common yarrow
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Bombus vagans vagans
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
On globe thistle
Associated Species:
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
On a hollyhock flower
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
27 Jul 2024
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
On a raspberry leaf
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Cirsium arvense (Creeping Thistle)
Ammophilini
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Coelioxys sp.
(Sharptail Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
On parsley flowers
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On common yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On fern-leaf yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
Gathering wood fibers for the nest.
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
On parsley flowers
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
On Common Yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On garden parsley
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Bombus vagans vagans
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
On globe thistle
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
25 Jul 2024
On oregano
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
25 Jul 2024
On globe thistle
Associated Species:
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
On Oregano flowers
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On oregano flowers
Chalcidoidea
(Chalcidoid Wasps)
On front door of house.\n~ 2.5 mm
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
On parsley flowers
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
On lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
On Common Yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
On Hollyhock flower
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
19 Jul 2024
Flitting about on the parsley flowers. Hunting for spiders?
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Telenominae
This was one of many that emerged from stink bug eggs that I collected from golden currant leaves on 27 June 24.
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Delphinium ajacis (Doubtful Knight's-Spur)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Nesting in an old woodpile
Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
On Lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Megachile perihirta
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Visiting Lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Microgastrinae
On inside kitchen window, \n3 mm
Camponotus laevissimus
(Hairy Smooth Carpenter Ant)
On hollyhock buds
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
On raspberry plant
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Brachymeria sp.
~ 5 mm. On Douglas Hawthorn fruit.
Associated Species: Crataegus douglasii (Douglas Hawthorn)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
On Gaillardia pulchella flowers
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Gasteruption sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On Common Yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Hylaeus sp.
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
On Common Yarrow flowers
Lasioglossum sp.
On Common Cat\'s Ear flower in front yard
Associated Species: Hypochaeris radicata (Common Cat's-Ear)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Nesting under porch
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Hylaeus punctatus
(Punctate Masked Bee)
On Ocean Spray floewrs
Hylaeus punctatus
(Punctate Masked Bee)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Hylaeus punctatus
(Punctate Masked Bee)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Euodynerus foraminatus
On California Poppy flower
Hylaeus punctatus
(Punctate Masked Bee)
On Ocean Spray flowers
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
On ocean spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
25 Jun 2024
On spruce stump
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
24 Jun 2024
On
Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Ichneumoninae
On hollyhock leaf
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
On raspberry leaf
Pimpla sp.
On Pacific Ninebark leaf
Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On Pacific Ninebark leaf
Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
On Pacific Ninebark leaf
Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)
Polistes aurifer
(Golden Paper Wasp)
On Eriogonum heracleoides\r\n(Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Ancistrocerus sp.
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On Gaillardia pulchella flowers
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat) flowers
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
21 Jun 2024
On
Drymocallis arguta (Tall Cinquefoil)
Associated Species: Drymocallis arguta (Tall Cinquefoil)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
21 Jun 2024
On a lupine flower
Associated Species: Centruroides sculpturatus
Osmiini
I\'m not sure about this. But whatever these beautiful bees are, they sure love Phacelia heterophylla flowers.
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
On a lupine flower
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On Pacific Ninebark
Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Osmia coloradensis
(Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophylla flowers
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On Common Yarrow flowers
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On Oregon Sunshine flowers
Associated Species: Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophylla flower
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophyla flowers.
Ancistrocerus sp.
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Tryphonini
Malaise trap, 8 Jun 23\nFemale, 10 mm
Odontocolon sp.
Malaise trap, 8 June 23, \r\n10 mm, female
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On buckwheat flower
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus insularis
(Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Andrena sp.
Subgenus Ptilandrena
(Mining Bees)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Vespula atropilosa
(Prairie Yellowjacket)
On inside window sill.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Associated Species: Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
On a sticky geranium flower
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Captured from a Rydberg\'s penstemon flower. Cooled and photographed. But flew off before I could get a good photo.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On Chokecherry flowers
Associated Species: Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
On Golden Currant
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
On kitchen counter, 16 mm
Gravenhorstiini
20 Apr 2024
The first ones I've seen this spring. There were quite a few flying just above the ground in the backyard raspberry patch.
I netted one, cooled it down, took some (bad) photos, and released it.
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
On Golden Currant
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
On the side of the shed.
Camponotus sp.
(Carpenter Ants)
19 Mar 2024
Under the spruce stump
7 mm
Campopleginae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise Trap, 26 Aug 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
Female, 6 mm
Phygadeuontinae
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23\r\n~ 5 mm
Conura sp.
From Malaise Trap, \n26 Aug 2023
Scelioninae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap, 26 August 2023, ~ 3 mm.
Mymaridae
(Fairy Wasps)
26 Aug 2023
From Malaise trap, set 26-27 Aug 23.
~ 1 mm
Conura sp.
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23
~ 4.5 mm
Conura sp.
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23
~ 4 mm
Conura sp.
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap 26 Aug 23.
~ 4 mm
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
From Malaise trap set 26-27 August 2023, ~ 4 mm
Phygadeuontinae
Malaise trap, set 26-27 August 2023, ~ 5 mm
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap 26 Aug 23
16 mm
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Malaise trap, 14 mm
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
26 Aug 2023
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23.
15 mm
Vespula atropilosa
(Prairie Yellowjacket)
Malaise trap, 12 mm
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
26 Aug 2023
Vespula germanica
(German Yellowjacket)
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23. \r\n15 mm\r\n\r\nV. germanica?
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
26 Aug 2023
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Malaise trap, 5 mm
Myrmica sp.
(Furrowed Ants)
26 Aug 2023
Myrmica sp.
(Furrowed Ants)
26 Aug 2023
Myrmica sp.
(Furrowed Ants)
26 Aug 2023
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
26 Aug 2023
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
26 Aug 2023
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
26 Aug 2023
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
26 Aug 2023
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
26 Aug 2023
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
6 mm
Mymaridae
(Fairy Wasps)
length ~ 1.3 mm
Torymidae
Malaise trap, ~2.5 mm
Caenochrysis sp.
(Caenochrysis)
Malaise trap, 5 mm
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
Malaise trap, 3 mm
Exochus sp.
(Exochus)
Malaise trap, 5 mm
Epyris sp.
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23, \r\n6 mm
Aclista sp.
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23\r\n~ 3 mm
Trichopria sp.
From Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 2023. ~1.5 mm
Scelioninae
Malaise trap 26-27 Aug 23, \r\n~ 3 mm
Agapostemon subtilior
(Five Striped Sweat Bee)
From malaise trap. Aug 26-27, 2023.\r\n11 mm.
Pompilinae
From Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23.\r\n~ 8 mm
Conura sp.
From 26-27 Aug 23 Malaise trap. ~4.5 mm
Eurytominae
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23\r\n~2.5 mm
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
From Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23.\r\nLength ~4.5 mm
Lasius sp.
Malaise trap. 4 mm
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypoxylon
From Malaise trap set on August 26-27, 2023.\r\n\r\n8 mm
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23. \r\n6 mm
Formicidae
(Ants)
Collected in malaise trap. 3 mm
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus griseocollis
(Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus griseocollis
(Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Megachile pugnata
(Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Tachytes sp.
(Sand-loving Wasps)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Conura sp.
Collected from a malaise trap that was set from June 8 - 10. ~4 mm
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Pimpla sanguinipes
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23\n~ 9 mm
Tetramesa sp.
Malaise trap, ~2.5 mm
Mymaridae
(Fairy Wasps)
From Malaise Trap set June 8-20, 2023. Length ~ 0.7 mm
Myrmica sp.
(Furrowed Ants)
Malaise trap: 8-10 June 23.\r\n~ 6 mm
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
Malaise trap, ~ 2.5 mm
8-10 Jun 23
Dacnusini
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23.\r\n~ 2 mm
Cryptinae
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23\n13 ~ mm
Ichneumonini
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23\n~ 11 mm
Aclista sp.
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23, \n3 mm
Belytinae
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23.\r\n~ 2.5 mm
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
From Malaise trap.\r\nSet June 6-8, 2023.\r\n~ 3,5 mm
Agapostemon subtilior
(Five Striped Sweat Bee)
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23\r\n~ 10 mm
Eucoilinae
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23\r\n~2.5 mm
Campopleginae
8 Jun 2023
From Malaise trap set on June 8-10, 2023.
IDed at Barr Museum by Nathaniel Green on 14 Jun 24
Female, 13 mm
Knocked the head off while trying to get a better photo for Brandon's subfamily classifier.
Cryptini
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23, \r\n~ 15 mm
Exenterini
8 Jun 2023
Malaise Trap, 8-10 June 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
7 mm
...
Tryphoninae
8 Jun 2023
Marlise Trap, 8 Jun 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 Jun 24
Female, 9 mm
Campopleginae
8 Jun 2023
Malaise Trap, 8 Jun 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
Female, 11 mm
Tryphoninae
8 Jun 2023
Malaise Trap, 8 Jun 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
Male?, 10 mm
Ctenopelmatinae
Malaise trap, 8 June 23\n10 mm
Tryphonini
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap, 8 Jun 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
Female, 10 mm
Cryptinae
Malaise trap 8-10 June 23, ~ 5mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Malaise trap, ~ 7 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23\n~ 11 mm
Cryptini
From a Malaise trap set on June 8-10, 2023.
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
Identified by Nathaniel Green
~ 7 mm
Malaise trap 8-10 June 2023
Banchinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green
c.f. Banchinae
Malaise Trap
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
Identified by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set June 8-10, 2023.
~ 7 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
Identified by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set June 8-10, 2023.
Length ~ 7 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 23
~ 6 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023
~ 6 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023
~ 7 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
8-10 June 23
~ 6 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
8-10 June 23
~ 7 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set from 8-10 June 23
~ 7 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 6 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 5 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 5 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 6 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 9 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 10 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 6 mm
Tryphonini
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap, 8 Jun 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
Female, 10 mm
Campopleginae
8 Jun 2023
Malaise Trap, 8 Jun 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
Female, 9 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 6 mm
Cryptinae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023.
~ 5 mm
Ichneumoninae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap set 8-10 June 2023
~ 9 mm
Ichneumoninae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap 8-10 June 23
~ 4 mm
Maybe Phaeogenini (N.G.)
Ichneumoninae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green
Malaise Trap, 8 June 2023
~7 mm
Ichneumoninae
8 Jun 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green.
Malaise trap 8-10 June 2023.
~ 13 mm.
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap. Set 8-10 June 23.
6 mm
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap. Set 8-10 June 23.
5 mm
Eucoilinae
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23
~2.5 mm
Aclista sp.
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap 8 June 23
3 mm
Diapriidae
(Shelf-faced Wasps)
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap 8 June 23
3 mm
Diapriidae
(Shelf-faced Wasps)
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap 8 June 23
3 mm
Conura sp.
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23
~ 4 mm
Encyrtidae
8 Jun 2023
From Malaise trap, 8-10 June 2023
~ 1 mm
Encyrtidae?
Pompilinae
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap 8 June 2023.
7 mm
Trypoxylon sp.
8 Jun 2023
Trypoxylon sp.
8 Jun 2023
Trypoxylon sp.
8 Jun 2023
Trypoxylon sp.
8 Jun 2023
Megachile frigida
(Frigid Leafcutter Bee)
From Malaise trap.\n13 mm
Hylaeus sp.
Subgenus Hylaeus
Malaise trap, 7 mm
Andrena crataegi
(Hawthorn Mining Bee)
Malaise trap, 10 mm
Andrena crataegi
(Hawthorn Mining Bee)
8 Jun 2023
Ceratina acantha
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Malaise trap, 6 mm
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
Malaise trap, 7 mm
Psenini
Malaise trap, 6 mm
Ancistrocerus adiabatus
Malaise trap\r\n10 mm
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
8 Jun 2023
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
8 Jun 2023
Andrena crataegi
(Hawthorn Mining Bee)
8 Jun 2023
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
8 Jun 2023
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
8 Jun 2023
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
8 Jun 2023
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
8 Jun 2023
Chalcidoidea
(Chalcidoid Wasps)
From a Malaise trap set on 8-10 June 2023. Length ~ 1 mm.
Exenterini
Malaise Trap, 8-10 June 2023\n7 mm
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Bombus mixtus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Eumenes sp.
(Typical Potter Wasps)
Symmorphus sp.
(Symmorphus)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Eumenes sp.
(Typical Potter Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Eumenes sp.
(Typical Potter Wasps)
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
18 May 2023
Fenusa sp.
On ocean spray bush
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Ichneumonoidea
(Ichneumonid and Braconid Wasps)
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Hoplocampa sp.
Many of these were visiting saskatoon flowers
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
Chrysidini
On a spruce stump.
Bombus mixtus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Camponotus modoc
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Abia americana
(Honeysuckle Sawflies and Allies)
Swept from grass near snowberry bush. 9 mm
Dolerus sp.
On a snowberry plant.
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Checking out our newspaper tube.
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Checking out an old barbeque for a nest site.
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Camponotus laevissimus
(Hairy Smooth Carpenter Ant)
(Ant - not the beetle)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
First bee of the year in our yard.
Camponotus modoc
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Conomorium sp.
On inside window 3 mm
Conomorium sp.
On inside of our front door window. ~ 3 mm
Conomorium sp.
On front porch, 7 deg C, ~ 2 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Pepsini
(Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Pepsini
(Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Hylaeus punctatus
(Punctate Masked Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Torymidae
Caught this one while she was examining holes in a spruce stump. 3 mm
Ichneumonini
Caught this one while it was flying around the woodpile. Took me a half hour and a dozen tries with the net. \r\n13 mm
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Pompilidae
(Spider Wasps)
Aporus luxus?
Pompilidae
(Spider Wasps)
In tool shed. 15 mm
Krombeinopyga pumila
On spruce stump\r\n\r\n6 mm
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
3 Aug 2022
Captured leaving hole in spruce stump.
10 mm
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
3 Aug 2022
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Pompilidae
(Spider Wasps)
I watched this wasp dig a shallow nest in the sand. Then it immediately flew off and returned a few minutes later dragging a spider (Cat-faced Orbweaver?) back to her nest. Then she quickly covered up
Ichneumon cupitus
Length 15 mm
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Monodontomerus sp.
Collected from the spruce stump. Several of these were examining holes.\r\nLength ~ 4 mm
Phylloecus trimaculatus
(Rose Shoot Sawfly)
Found in the raspberry patch.
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus mixtus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
10 mm
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
These three have been at it for the last 15 minutes or so.
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Andrena angustitarsata
(Narrow-legged Miner Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Trypoxylon sp.
24 Jun 2022
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypoxylon
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Panurginus sp.
Associated Species: Tipula oleracea (Marsh Crane Fly)
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus Myrmentoma
(Carpenter Ants)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Anthophorini
(Digger Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus Myrmentoma
(Carpenter Ants)
4 mm
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Cephalosmia
(Mason Bees)
Xorides californicus
Male Xorides with a box elder bug in the background.
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
7 mm
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Priocnemis oregona
13 mm\r\nI\'m not sure if I see the row of teeth on the hind tibia. But other than that, it looks like Priocnemis oregona to me.
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Gravenhorstiini
Length 18 mm
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
24 Apr 2022
6 mm
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
5 mm
Halictus tripartitus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
7 mm
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Tetramorium immigrans
(Immigrant Pavement Ant)
4 mm. Under rock in backyard.
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
6 mm. On dandelion
Gelis sp.
Female Gelis wasp that emerged today from spider eggs sacs that I collected from my yard on March 9. \r\n6 mm
Gelis sp.
On March 9 I collected some spider egg sacs that I found under a rock in our yard. I put them in a bag to see what would come out. \nToday about a dozen Gelis wasps emerged, mostly females. This is a female on an egg sac.
Gelis sp.
4 Apr 2022
Female Gelis wasp that emerged today from spider eggs sacs that I collected from my yard on March 9.
Gelis sp.
4 Apr 2022
On March 9, 2022 I collected some spider egg sacs that I found under a rock in our yard. I put them in a bag to see what would come out.
About a dozen Gelis wasps emerged, mostly females. This is one of the males.
~ 4mm ...
Gelis sp.
Emerged today from spider egg sac that I found on March 9. This male mated with one of the female Gelis wasps in the plastic bag that contained the sample.
Phygadeuontini
On March 9, 2022, I collected some spider egg sacs that I found under a rock in our yard. I put them in a bag to see what would come out.\r\n\r\nOn April 4, a dozen wasps emerged, mostly females. Almost immediately, the males appeared to mate with th ...
Gelis sp.
On March 9, 2022 I collected some spider egg sacs that I found under a rock in our yard. I put them in a bag to see what would come out.\r\n\r\nAbout a dozen Gelis wasps emerged, mostly females. This is one of the males. Length ~ 4 mm.
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
It looks like he has a load of mites around his waist.
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Priocnemis oregona
Running around on ground.
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
4.5 mm
Tetramorium immigrans
(Immigrant Pavement Ant)
On ground at the base of a spruce stump. 4 mm
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
First one I\'ve seen this year.\n17 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Chrysis sp.
(Chrysis)
~ 10 mm
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Cephalosmia
(Mason Bees)
Osmia montana
(Mason Bees)
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On a raspberry bush
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
~ 7 mm
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
On side of compost\nbody length ~8 mm
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Aphaenogaster occidentalis
(Spine-waisted Ants)
Under board, near compost pile
Vespula germanica
(German Yellowjacket)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Vespula sp.
(Ground Yellowjackets)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
In compost
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Closing up nest with resin in bee hotel.\nSeems to be using resin.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Seems to be using resin to close nest in bee hotel
Formicinae
(Formicine Ants)
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus vagans
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Coelioxys sp.
(Sharptail Bees)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On spruce stump
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Hanging out on a bee hotel
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypoxylon
On raspberry leaf
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
caught leaving hole in spruce stump, 12 mm
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Caught leaving hole in spruce stump, 11 mm
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Krombeinopyga pumila
Examining holes in a spruce stump, ~ 10 mm
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ovipositing in rolled raspberry leaf
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Xorides sp.
Ovipositing on spruce stump
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
17 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Symmorphus sp.
(Symmorphus)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus mixtus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus insularis
(Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Panurginus sp.
Associated Species: Tipula oleracea (Marsh Crane Fly)
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Formica obscuripes
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Xorides californicus
Ovipositing in a spruce stump
Camponotus laevissimus
(Hairy Smooth Carpenter Ant)
Osmia montana
(Mason Bees)
Caught leaving hole in spruce stump
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Camponotus sp.
(Carpenter Ants)
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
Tenthredinidae
(Common Sawflies)
length 10 mm
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
BugGuide: \"The male\'s front tibiae are greatly expanded into shields. He covers the female\'s eyes with those things during mating. The plates don\'t blind her, but apparently filter light in such a way that she recognizes this is a male of her own ...
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Caught from a penstemon flower. 6 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Tetramorium immigrans
(Immigrant Pavement Ant)
length 4 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Metopiinae
Netted from snowberry bush. 8 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Netted from a snowberry bush. 14 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
This little guy landed on and didn\'t want to leave my wife\'s finger.
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Netted on a lilac bush, cooled, photographed, and released. 12 mm
Associated Species: Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
In house
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus Camponotus
(Carpenter Ants)
Orussus thoracicus
(Orussus)
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus Camponotus
(Carpenter Ants)
Orussus sp.
(Orussus)
On a birch stump. We cut down a dying tree a few weeks ago, but left an 8 foot stump.
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Formicinae
(Formicine Ants)
Andrena sp.
Subgenus Melandrena
(Mining Bees)
Tenthredinoidea
(Typical Sawflies)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Xorides sp.
On spruce stump. 25 mm. 11 deg C.
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Ant dragging a western boxelder bug(?)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
11 mm
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
14 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
14 mm
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
18 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Dianthidium sp.
Subgenus Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Euodynerus sp.
On Goldenrod flowers
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
~ 17 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Chelostomoides
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus vagans
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
This wasp spent ten minutes or so digging a burrow in the sand. Then she spent a minute or two covering the entrance with large boulders (some with diameters greater than t the length of her thorax). After she was finished there was no trace of her ...
Vespula consobrina
(Blackjacket)
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Delphinium ajacis (Doubtful Knight's-Spur)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
25 mm
Sapyga sp.
Caught leaving Osmia lignaria nest in bee hotel\n15 mm
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
11 mm\r\nEntered an Osmia lignaria nest at bee hotel.
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
10 mm\r\nCaught leaving bee hotel, cooled in the fridge, photographed and released.\r\n\r\nI\'m not sure what she\'s holding on to.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
First bee in bee hotel. \r\nSeems to have started 6 adjacent nests, with an end plug in each. Spent the night in the middle of one of the holes with her head facing the plug.
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Spent the night in a bee hotel.\nHole size 14 mm,
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
With mites
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
~ 20 mm\nCrawling / flying low in front lawn\nNetted, cooled, and released
Chrysura sp.
(Chrysura)
On spruce stump
Anthophora pacifica
(Pacific Digger Bee)
9 deg C
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Campopleginae
About a dozen or so of these emerged from a Trichiosoma pupa that I collected on March 31 from a Douglas Hawthorn twig. \r\n\r\n~ 8 mm\r\n\r\nI took them to the Barr Entomological Museum at the University of Idaho for identification.\r\n
Xorides sp.
Spruce stump, 7 deg C\r\nbody length 25 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
On spruce stump\r\n6 deg C\r\n~ 22 mm\r\n\r\n
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Exited a 7 mm diameter drilled hole in spruce stump.\r\n\r\nMale blue orchard bee emerging?\r\n\r\nHe poked his head out for a few minutes, then went back in for a few more. Then he came out, walked around a bit, and flew away.
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
First bee in garden
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
~ 4 mm
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Backed out of drilled hole in spruce stump, 5C
Ectemnius cephalotes
(Large Ectemnius)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Isodontia sp.
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
Several of these grass-carrying wasp nests are in an old spruce stump in our yard.
Ectemnius sp.
These wasps flit about from hole to hole on a spruce stump, entering some and then leaving to inspect others.\r\n\r\n
BugGuide IDPassaloecus sp.
(Picket-boring Aphid Wasps)
Crabro sp.
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Ectemnius cephalotes
(Large Ectemnius)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Several of these have nested in on old spruce stump. I\'ve seen them carrying grass to nest holes. There are six completed nests with grass sticking out of holes.\r\nBugGuide ID\r\nBee\'s Needs Blog: Insects of the Week: genus Isodontia ...
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
Philanthus gibbosus
(Hump-backed Beewolf)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Tachytes sp.
(Sand-loving Wasps)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Exploring the bark of an old silver maple tree\n~ 1 cm
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus vagans
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Monodontomerus sp.
Hanging out at the bee hotel\r\n~ 3 mm
Krombeinopyga pumila
Captured leaving trap nest at bee hotel. Cooled, photographed, and released.\r\n7 mm
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Bombus griseocollis
(Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
Hoplitis albifrons
(White-fronted Small-Mason)
Inspecting a drilled hole in a spruce stump
Megachile rotundata
(Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Ancistrocerus sp.
Nesting in hole in concrete of basement wall
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
Nesting in cardboard yard sign
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
Caught leaving small beetle(?) hole in spruce stump. Length 6 mm
Megachile pugnata
(Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Caught leaving drilled hole in spruce stump. Length 17 mm
Chrysis sp.
(Chrysis)
Captured on spruce stump, cooled and photographed. Length 9 mm
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Caught leaving drilled hole in spruce stump. Length 10 mm
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypargilum
Caught when leaving a hole in a spruce stump. It had briefly inspected several holes before entering the one in which it was caught. Cooled, photographed, and released. (Before I could get enough pictures!)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
23 mm
Phylloecus trimaculatus
(Rose Shoot Sawfly)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Pristaulacus sp.
6 Jul 2018
Body length ~ 12 mm
Ectemnius sp.
Subgenus Hypocrabro
5 Jul 2018
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Lestica sp.
Captured while leaving drilled hole in spruce stump.
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Collected from California Poppy
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Caught returning to next in a rotting log. It had a small insect in its mouth. (See previous observation.)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Parancistrocerus sp.
(Parancistrocerus)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
Perithous scurra neomexicanus
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Perithous scurra neomexicanus
Body length ~ 13 mm
"This is likely Perithous scurra neomexicanus, the western subspecies. The host is an aphid wasp in the genus Pemphredon. BugGuide
That makes sense since these wasps are hanging out around several Pemphredon tunnels in an ol ...
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Psenini
~12 mm
Entered hole in an old log. Captured as it was leaving. Cooled and photographed.
Gasteruption sp.
~ 13 mm
Patrolling spruce stump. Caught, cooled, and photographed.
BugGuide ID: Gasteruption assectator or kirbii
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
10 mm
Captured leaving hole in a log
Bombus vancouverensis
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
12 mm
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
On the spruce stump
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumoninae
8 Jun 2018
Malaise Trap, 8 June 2023
11 mm
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Camponotus modoc
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Xorides sp.
Three females were on the spruce stump today at the same time, two smaller ones with a mostly red abdomen and red hind legs, and a larger one with black hind legs and black abdomen. (See third photo which includes each type.)
Xorides sp.
This is the larger of the two female species (?) that were on the spruce stump today. This one has a black abdomen and black legs; the other two individuals were smaller with mostly red abdomens and hind legs.
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
~ 16 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Megachile melanophaea
(Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
12 mm, around brush pile
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
15 mm
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
On a California Poppy
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
5 mm
Andrena sp.
Subgenus Trachandrena
(Mining Bees)
Panurginus sp.
Associated Species: Tipula oleracea (Marsh Crane Fly)
Melecta sp.
Subgenus Melecta
(Mourning Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
5 mm
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Captured after entering hole in stump. Cooled, photographed, and released.
Nomada crotchii
(Crotch's Nomad)
Xorides californicus
Female ovipositing in a spruce stump. The whole process took about 90 minutes.
Xorides sp.
Male hanging out near ovipositing female
Xorides sp.
male (right) and female (left) -- the same ones as in the previous two observations
Camponotus modoc
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On a Lewis Flax flower
: virescens or less likely coloradinus
Anthophorini
(Digger Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Vespula atropilosa
(Prairie Yellowjacket)
Trapped inside house
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
4 mm
Polochrum sp.
Hanging out on an old spruce stump entering blue orchard bee nest holes
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Cutting a piece of a leaf off of a Douglas Hawthorne
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
Orussus sp.
(Orussus)
Female
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On sticky geranium flower
Xorides sp.
Large body and long ovipositor, each about 4 cm.
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Queen
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Banchus sp.
BugGuide, Male
First Banchus iNat observation in Idaho
Nomada crotchii
(Crotch's Nomad)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Digging a nest in my sand garden
Vespula germanica
(German Yellowjacket)
Orussus occidentalis
(Orussus)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
I watched this wasp moving the caterpillar, taking occasional breaks, maybe to find a place to dig its nest. (Bug Eric says cutworm wasps paralyze their prey and then dig a burrow to bury it in.) When I came back an hour or so later, the caterpillar ...
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Anthophora plumipes (Hairy-footed Flower Bee) - John Ascher
Or Anthophora pacifica (Pacific Digger Bee) - BugGuide ID
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Xorides sp.
Body length ~ 25 mm
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Temp 11 C
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Camponotus sp.
(Carpenter Ants)
Raiding an Osmia nest
Camponotus modoc
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus confusus
(Confusing Furrow Bee)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Lasioglossum sp.
On Common Chickweed flower
Lasioglossum sp.
On Common Chickweed flower
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Male
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus confusus
(Confusing Furrow Bee)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Pepsini
(Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
On hummingbird feeder
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
Ichneumonini
Several of these were active this morning on lawn. Netted this one and photographed it after cooling it down a bit in the fridge.
BugGuide ID
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Eucera sp.
Subgenus Synhalonia
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On an Indian Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Tetramorium immigrans
(Immigrant Pavement Ant)
Halictus confusus
(Confusing Furrow Bee)
On a tulip flower
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
~ 6 mm
Flying low over garden soil, stopping occasionally on the ground.
BugGuide ID Nomada female
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On a strawberry flower
Cryptus rufovinctus
Female
BugGuide
First and only iNat observation
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Camponotus modoc
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Spilichneumon sp.
~ 25 mm
On front porch. 10 deg C, cloudy and windy
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Sleeping on a Dandelion flower head.
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Fast moving, aggressive bee visiting golden currant flowers.
Cold and windy ~ 7 degrees C.
Bombus mixtus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Osmia lignaria
(Blue Orchard Bee)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
On Golden Currant flowers
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Male
Vespula germanica
(German Yellowjacket)
Ectemnius sp.
With a captured hover fly
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
5 Oct 2016
Eumenes sp.
(Typical Potter Wasps)
BugGuideAssociated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Calopompilus pyrrhomelas
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Ichneumonini
BugGuide IDAssociated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
BugGuide IDAssociated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Pompilidae
(Spider Wasps)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Calopompilus pyrrhomelas
On parsley flowers in the garden.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
Vespula germanica
(German Yellowjacket)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Stenodynerus sp.
(Stenodynerus)
BugGuideAssociated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Ancistrocerus sp.
Associated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Ancistrocerus albophaleratus
(White-banded Potter Wasp)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Male on Blanket Flower
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Buathra perplexa
Female
BugGuide
First Idaho iNat observation. I also recorded one at Idler's Rest.
Polistes dominula
(European Paper Wasp)
Snuck into the house somehow
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Appears to be nesting in a hole bored into an old log.
Ceratina acantha
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
~ 5 mm
Melissodes sp.
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus vagans
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Triepeolus sp.
(Longhorn-cuckoo Bees)
Anthidium manicatum
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Formica neoclara
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Nesting under boards on ground near compost.
Aphaenogaster occidentalis
(Spine-waisted Ants)
Under a board next to the compost pile. Length ~ 3mm.
BugGuide IDOsmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Associated Species: Trifolium repens (White Clover)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Bombus sp.
Subgenus Pyrobombus
(Bumble Bees)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
This is the first observation from the yard!
I hope to find and identify as many species as possible on our little quarter-acre lot.