Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Associated Species: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Prionyx sp.
On winter savory flowers
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
Prionyx sp.
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Isodontia sp.
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
Apoidea
(Bees and Apoid Wasps)
Tiny bee on a grape leaf
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
On front porch. Hanging out near entrance to the nest.
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Brachymyrmex depilis
(Hairless Rover Ant)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Colletes sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Vespula alascensis
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
An injured individual on the front porch
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
With a bee prey item that it was processing on the driveway
Prionyx sp.
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Vespula pensylvanica
(Western Yellowjacket)
On front porch. Appeared to be eating an Alaska Yellowjacket just outside the front door in front of the nest entrance.
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
UV light trap
Telenominae
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 Aug.
Length ~ 1.0 mm.
Associated Species: Enoclerus eximius
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Trapped between windows of front door.
When the windows were adjusted, she flew away - into the house. So she's somewhere inside the house now.
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis
(Western Bumble Bee)
Agapostemon sp.
(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)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Coelioxys sp.
(Sharptail Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Hylaeus sp.
On bricks of keyhole garden
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Philanthus gibbosus
(Hump-backed Beewolf)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Ocimum basilicum (Sweet Basil)
Philanthus gibbosus
(Hump-backed Beewolf)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Associated Species: Solidago canadensis (Canada Goldenrod)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Cerceris sp.
(Typical Weevil Wasps and Allies)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus sp.
Subgenus Pyrobombus
(Bumble Bees)
Nomada sp.
(Nomad Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
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
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Heriades sp.
Subgenus Neotrypetes
(Armored-Resin Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Nesting again in the spruce stump
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)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(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 sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On fern-leaf yarrow leaves
Associated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
On the spruce stump
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
On spruce stump
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
On Globe Thistle
Associated Species:
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 sp.
(Mining Bees)
On garden parsley flowers
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Bombus sp.
(Bumble Bees)
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.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On oregano flowers
Associated Species: Origanum vulgare (Oregano)
Buathra sp.
Several of these were flitting around on the globe thistles this morning.
Associated Species:
Chalcidoidea
(Chalcidoid Wasps)
On front door of house.
~ 2.5 mm
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Telenominae
Emerged from stink bug eggs found on golden currant leaves on 27 July 2024.
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Bombus nevadensis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Bombus appositus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
On Common Lavender flowers
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)
Bombus sp.
(Bumble Bees)
Visiting
Delphinium ajacis flowers
Associated Species: Delphinium ajacis (Doubtful Knight's-Spur)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
The Aphid wasps have found a new place to nest in the yard. For many years they nested in a brush pile on the north side of the house. Now it's in an old woodpile by the compost. There are dozens of holes with lots of sawdust on the ground to mark th ...
Anthophora urbana
(Urbane Digger Bee)
On Common Lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Visiting common lavender flowers
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Microgastrinae
On inside kitchen window,
3 mm
Collection #2895
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)
Processing a food item on the deck before returning to the nest under the porch
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
On east side of house. Searching for a place to make a nest maybe?
Brachymeria sp.
~ 5 mm. On Douglas Hawthorn fruit.
Associated Species: Crataegus douglasii (Douglas Hawthorn)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On
Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket) flowers
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
On Golden Currant flowers
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (Golden Currant)
Hylaeus sp.
On Parsley growing in front yeard.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Andrenidae
(Miner, Fairy, Allied Panurgine, and Oxaeine 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)
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 sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Hylaeus sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Hylaeus sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Hylaeus sp.
On Ocean Spray flowers
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
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, near raspberry patch
Associated Species: Alcea rosea (Hollyhock)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
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 (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)
On wall of front garden.
I've seen quite of few of these this year, though not as many as previous summers.
Halictus ligatus
(Furrow Bees)
On Gaillardia pulchella flowers
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
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:
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophylla flowers.
These beautiful bees absolutely love this plant. Whenever the weather is nice, several of these bees are visiting these flowers.
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On Pacific Ninebark flowers
Associated Species: Physocarpus capitus (Pacific Ninebark)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
On Phacelia heterophylla flowers
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
On Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(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)
Ancistrocerus sp.
On
Eriogonum heracleoides flowers
Associated Species: Eriogonum heracleoides (Parsnipflower Buckwheat)
Osmiini
On
Phacelia heterophyla flowers.
Associated Species: Phacelia heterophylla (Virgate Scorpionweed)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Bombus insularis
(Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
On
Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Associated Species: Eriophyllum lanatum (Common Woolly Sunflower)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
On raspberry flower
Associated Species: Rubus idaeus (Red Raspberry)
Vespula altropilosa
(Prairie Yellowjacket)
On inside window sill.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On a Common Woolly Sunflower (
Eriophyllum lanatum) flower.
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 in the north garden. Cooled and photographed. But it flew off before I could get a good photo.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On Chokecherry flowers
Associated Species: Prunus virginiana (Chokecherry)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Habropoda cineraria
(Ashy Digger Bee)
Visiting golden currant flowers.
I thought it was a Common Digger Bee (Anthophora sp.), but was corrected by ahaw.
Associated Species: Ribes aureum (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
Caenochrysis sp.
(Caenochrysis)
Malaise trap, 5mm
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
Exochus sp.
(Exochus)
Malaise trap, 5 mm
This is the first iNat observation for the genus Exochus in the state of Idaho.
Epyris sp.
Malaise trap, 26-27 August 23, 6 mm
Aclista sp.
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23
~ 3 mm
Trichopria sp.
From Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 2023.
~1.5 mm
Scelioninae
Malaise trap 26-270 Aug 23
~ 3 mm
Agapostemon texanus
(Texas Striped Sweat Bee)
Malaise trap, 11 mm
Pompilinae
From Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23.
~ 8 mm
Conura sp.
From 26-27 Aug 23 Malaise trap. ~ 4.5 mm
Eurytominae
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23
~2.5 mm
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
From Malaise trap
26-27 Aug 23
Length ~4.5 mm
Lasius sp.
Malaise trap. 4 mm
Set August 26-28, 2023
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypoxylon
From Malaise trap set on June 8-10, 2023.
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23.
6 mm
Formicidae
(Ants)
Collected in malaise trap. 3 mm
Campopleginae
26 Aug 2023
Malaise Trap, 26 Aug 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
Female, 6 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23
~ 5 mm
Bombus huntii
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
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.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
In raspberry patch
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)
Looks like centralis. Clear band across the centre of the thorax. (
beespeaker)
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.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Dolichovespula maculata
(Bald-faced Hornet)
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
~ 9 mm
Tetramesa sp.
Malaise trap, 26-27 Aug 23
~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.
~ 6 mm
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
Malaise trap, ~ 2.5 mm
8-10 Jun 23
Dacnusini
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23.
~ 2 mm
Cryptinae
Length ~ 13 mm
Malaise Trap, 8-10 Jun 23
Ichneumonini
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23
~ 11 mm
Aclista sp.
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23,
3 mm
Belytinae
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23.
~ 2.5 mm
Hypoponera sp.
(Crypt ants)
From Malaise trap.
Set June 6-8, 2023
~ 3.5 mm
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23
~ 8 mm
Eucoilinae
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23
~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
Cryptini
Malaise trap, 8-10 June 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24.
Female, 15 mm
Extenterini
8 Jun 2023
Malaise Trap, 8-10 June 2023
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
7 mm
Odontocolon mellipes
Malaise trap, 8 June 23
10 mm, female
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum, 14 Jun 24
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 Jun 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
10 mm, female
Tryponini
8 Jun 2023
Malaise trap, 8 Jun 23
IDed by Nathaniel Green at Barr Museum on 14 June 24
Female, 10 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Malaise trap, 8-10 June 23
5mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Malaise trap, ~ 7 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Malaise trap, 8-10 Jun 23
~ 11 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
From a Malaise trap set on June 8-10, 2023.
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)
On Sticky Geranium
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On California Poppy flower
Eumenes sp.
(Typical Potter Wasps)
Fenusa sp.
On ocean spray bush
Associated Species: Holodiscus discolor (Ocean Spray)
Diplolepis sp.
On an ocean spray bush in front yard.
This is the first Diplolepis that I've seen in the yard.
I've reared many from galls collected elsewhere but, this is the first wild one on our little lot.
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Hoplocampa sp.
Many of these were visiting saskatoon flowers
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
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)
Gravenhorstiini
On the earliest days of spring, our yard is covered with these Darwin Wasps - flitting about an just above the ground, rarely stopping long enough for a photo. Here's one that did today.
Osmia lignaria
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
First bee of the year in our yard.
Eumenes sp.
(Typical Potter Wasps)
Camponotus modoc
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Conomorium sp.
On front porch, 7 deg C, ~ 2 mm
Dolichovespula arenaria
(Common Aerial Yellowjacket)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Agapostemon virescens
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
On a Hollyhock flower
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On Hollyhock flower
Pepsini
(Tarantula-hawk Wasps and Allies)
Isodontia elegans
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
On Goldenrod flowers
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)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Megachile angelarum
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Ichneumoninae
Caught this one while it was flying around the woodpile. Took me a half hour and a dozen tries with the net.
13 mm
Andrena prunorum
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
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
Found next to hammock on 23 July 2022. Photographed and posted to iNat, then captured and pinned.
IDed on twitter with help from Davide Dal Pos, Nathaniel Green, and Brandon Claridge.
Sceliphron caementarium
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Phylloecus sp.
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 sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
These three have been at it for the last 15 minutes or so.
Andrena angustitarsata
(Narrow-legged Miner Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Bombus centralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypoxylon
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Crabro latipes
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Apis mellifera
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus Myrmentoma
(Carpenter Ants)
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Anthophorini
(Digger Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Xorides californicus
Male Xorides with a box elder bug in the background.
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Anthophora pacifica nearcticus
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Priocnemis oregona nearcticus
13 mm
I'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.
(IDed by bugeric on iNat on11 Mar 24.)
Anthophora pacifica nearcticus
(Pacific Digger Bee)
Gravenhorstiini
Length 18 mm
Xorides californicus nearcticus
Halictus tripartitus nearcticus
(Tripartite Sweat Bee)
7 mm
Vespula pensylvanica nearcticus
(Western Yellowjacket)
Tetramorium immigrans nearcticus
(Immigrant Pavement Ant)
4 mm. Under rock in backyard.
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
6 mm. On dandelion
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.
Gelis sp.
Female Gelis wasp that emerged today from spider eggs sacs that I collected from my yard on March 9.
6 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.
Today about a dozen Gelis wasps emerged, mostly females. This is a female on an egg sac.
Vespula pensylvanica nearcticus
(Western Yellowjacket)
Osmia lignaria nearcticus
(Mason Bees)
It looks like he has a load of mites around his waist.
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Bombus huntii nearcticus
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Priocnemis oregona nearcticus
Running around on ground.
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
4.5 mm
Tetramorium immigrans nearcticus
(Immigrant Pavement Ant)
On ground at the base of a spruce stump. 4 mm
Polistes dominula nearcticus
(European Paper Wasp)
First one I've seen this year.
17 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Leucospis affinis nearcticus
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Leucospis affinis nearcticus
Chrysis sp.
(Chrysis)
~ 10 mm
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Perithous scurra pleuralis
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Crabro latipes pleuralis
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Perithous scurra pleuralis
Bombus centralis pleuralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus nevadensis pleuralis
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum pleuralis
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Cephalosmia
(Mason Bees)
On spruce stump
Osmia montana pleuralis
(Mason Bees)
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On a raspberry bush
Gelis sp.
~ 7 mm, female
Caught on spruce stump, cooled and photographed.
BugGuide ID
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On a Dandelion flower
Bombus centralis pleuralis
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
On a Dandelion flower
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Aphaenogaster occidentalis propinqua
(Spine-waisted Ants)
Under board, near compost pile.
Vespula germanica propinqua
(German Yellowjacket)
Vespula alascensis propinqua
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Vespula pensylvanica propinqua
(Western Yellowjacket)
In compost
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
On Big Sage flowers
Dolichovespula maculata propinqua
(Bald-faced Hornet)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Closing up nest with resin in bee hotel.
Seems to be using resin.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus sp.
(Furrow Bees)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Seems to be using resin to close nest in bee hotel
Formicinae
(Formicine Ants)
Leucospis affinis propinqua
On bee hotel
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Anthophora urbana propinqua
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Anthophora urbana propinqua
(Urbane Digger Bee)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus vagans propinqua
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Bombus appositus propinqua
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Isodontia elegans propinqua
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Bringing grass to the nest on the spruce stump
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Anthophora urbana propinqua
(Urbane Digger Bee)
On a hollyhock flower
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus propinqua
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Coelioxys sp.
(Sharptail Bees)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
On spruce stump
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Hanging out on a bee hotel
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Trypoxylon sp.
Subgenus Trypoxylon
On raspberry leaf
Halictus rubicundus propinqua
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Caught leaving hole in spruce stump
12 mm
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Caught leaving hole in spruce stump
11 mm
Bombus nevadensis propinqua
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Krombeinopyga pumila propinqua
Examining holes in a spruce stump
~ 10 mm
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Pseudomalus auratus propinqua
Crabro latipes propinqua
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Bombus flavidus flavidus
(Yellowish Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Crabro latipes flavidus
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Agapostemon virescens flavidus
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Xorides sp.
Ovipositing on spruce stump
Anthidium manicatum flavidus
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On a Lewis Flax flower
Braconidae
(Braconid Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
17 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Bombus occidentalis flavidus
(Western Bumble Bee)
On California Poppy
Symmorphus sp.
(Symmorphus)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Leucospis affinis nearcticus
On spruce stump
Bombus mixtus nearcticus
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Associated Species: Geranium viscosissimum (Sticky Geranium)
Ancistrocerus sp.
On a Lewis Flax flower
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
On a California Poppy
Perithous scurra nearcticus
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus insularis nearcticus
(Indiscriminate Cuckoo Bumble Bee)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Agapostemon virescens nearcticus
(Bicolored Striped Sweat Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Crabro latipes nearcticus
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Formica obscuripes nearcticus
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Xorides californicus nearcticus
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus Camponotus
(Carpenter Ants)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Camponotus sp.
(Carpenter Ants)
Tenthredinini
(Tenthredinini)
Tenthredinini
(Tenthredinini)
Crabro latipes nearcticus
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Tetramorium immigrans nearcticus
(Immigrant Pavement Ant)
length 4 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Metopiinae
Netted from snowberry bush.
Length 8 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Netted on a lilac bush, cooled, photographed, and released.
12 mm
Associated Species: Syringa vulgaris (Common Lilac)
Vespula pensylvanica nearcticus
(Western Yellowjacket)
In house
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Camponotus sp.
Subgenus Camponotus
(Carpenter Ants)
Lots of big flying ants today. First I've seen this spring.
Orussus thoracicus nearcticus
(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
Andrena sp.
Subgenus Melandrena
(Mining Bees)
Gravenhorstiini
Length ~ 20 mm
Mating pair observed in garden for a few minutes. Then they flew off onto the car. Then back to the garden where I lost track of them.
BugGuide IDLasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Polistes dominula nearcticus
(European Paper Wasp)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Polistes dominula nearcticus
(European Paper Wasp)
Osmia lignaria nearcticus
(Mason Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Xorides sp.
On spruce stump. 25 mm. 11 deg C.
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
On Common Chickweed (Stellaria media) flowers
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Ant dragging a western boxelder bug(?)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Vespula pensylvanica nearcticus
(Western Yellowjacket)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
11 mm
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
14 mm
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Apis mellifera nearcticus
(Western Honey Bee)
On Big Sage flowers
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On a Hollyhock flower
Dianthidium sp.
Subgenus Dianthidium
(Pebble Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Male
Ceratina sp.
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Euodynerus sp.
On Goldenrod flowers
Megachile angelarum nearcticus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
~17 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
On sticky geranium flower
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Halictus ligatus nearcticus
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Anthidium manicatum nearcticus
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Male
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis nearcticus
(Western Bumble Bee)
Male
Bombus vagans nearcticus
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera nearcticus
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus rubicundus nearcticus
(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 n ...
Vespula consobrina nearcticus
(Blackjacket)
Anthidium manicatum nearcticus
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Bombus appositus nearcticus
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Delphinium ajacis (Doubtful Knight's-Spur)
Sceliphron caementarium nearcticus
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
25 mm
Sapyga sp.
Caught leaving Osmia lignaria nest in bee hotel
15 mm
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
11 mm
Entered an Osmia lignaria nest at bee hotel.
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Osmia lignaria nearcticus
(Mason Bees)
First bee in bee hotel.
Seems 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 nearcticus
(Western Yellowjacket)
Spent the night in a bee hotel.
Hole size 14 mm
Orussus sp.
(Orussus)
Female
Apis mellifera nearcticus
(Western Honey Bee)
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
With lots of mites
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Priocnemis oregona nearcticus
Priocnemis oregona nearcticus
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Chrysura sp.
(Chrysura)
On spruce stump
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
9 deg C
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Polistes dominula nearcticus
(European Paper Wasp)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Campopleginae
About a dozen of these emerged from a Trichiosoma pupa collected on March 31 from a Douglas Hawthorn twig.
8 mm
I took them to the Barr Entomological Museum at the University of Idaho for identification. ...
Xorides sp.
Spruce stump, 7 deg C
body length 25 mm
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
On spruce stump
6 deg C, ~ 22 mm
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Chelostomoides
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Exited a 7 mm diameter drilled hole in spruce stump.
He 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 yard this year
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Backed out of drilled hole in spruce stump, 5 deg C
Ectemnius cephalotes propinqua
(Large Ectemnius)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Ectemnius sp.
Spruce stump
Isodontia sp.
(Grass-carrying Wasps)
Several of these grass-carrying wasp nests are in an old spruce stump in our yard.
Here is what the nest looks like when completed.
Ectemnius sp.
These wasps flit about from hole to hole on a spruce stump, entering some and then leaving to inspect others.
BugGuide ID
Passaloecus sp.
(Picket-boring Aphid Wasps)
Ectemnius ruficornis propinqua
Crabro sp.
(Shield-handed Wasps)
Bringing an insect back to the hole in the stump.
Ectemnius cephalotes propinqua
(Large Ectemnius)
Spruce stump
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Isodontia elegans propinqua
(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.
BugGuide ID
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Isodontia elegans propinqua
(Elegant Grass-carrying Wasps)
Nesting at spruce stump
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Associated Species: Symphyotrichum laeve (Smooth Blue Aster)
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Philanthus gibbosus propinqua
(Hump-backed Beewolf)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Halictus rubicundus propinqua
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Andrena prunorum propinqua
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Tachytes sp.
(Sand-loving Wasps)
Bombus huntii propinqua
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Bombus huntii propinqua
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Perithous scurra propinqua
Megachile sp.
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Exploring the bark of an old silver maple tree
~ 10 mm
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Male
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis propinqua
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus vagans propinqua
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Halictus rubicundus propinqua
(Orange-legged Furrow Bee)
Monodontomerus sp.
Hanging out at the bee hotel
~ 3 mm
Krombeinopyga pumila propinqua
Captured leaving trap nest at bee hotel. Cooled, photographed, and released.
7 mm
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Coelioxys sp.
Subgenus Cyrtocoelioxys
(Sharptail Bees)
Lurking at the bee hotel
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus occidentalis propinqua
(Western Bumble Bee)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Bombus griseocollis propinqua
(Brown-belted Bumble Bee)
On a Hollyhock flower
Leucospis affinis propinqua
Hoplitis albifrons propinqua
(White-fronted Small-Mason)
Inspecting a drilled hole in a spruce stump
Megachile rotundata propinqua
(Alfalfa Leafcutter Bee)
Bombus appositus propinqua
(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 propinqua
(Pugnacious Leafcutter Bee)
Caught leaving drilled hole in spruce stump. Length 17 mm
Megachile angelarum propinqua
(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 propinqua
(White-shouldered Bumble Bee)
23 mm
Phylloecus trimaculatus propinqua
(Rose Shoot Sawfly)
Bombus sp.
Subgenus Cullumanobombus
(Bumble Bees)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Pristaulacus sp.
6 Jul 2018
Female
Bombus vancouverensis propinqua
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Lestica sp.
Captured while leaving drilled hole in spruce stump.
Bombus occidentalis propinqua
(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.
Sceliphron caementarium propinqua
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Euodynerus foraminatus propinqua
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii nearcticus
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
On a California Poppy
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
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 nearcticus
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Parancistrocerus sp.
(Parancistrocerus)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
Dolichovespula maculata nearcticus
(Bald-faced Hornet)
Perithous scurra neomexicanus
Vespula pensylvanica neomexicanus
(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
Chrysis sp.
(Chrysis)
Captured on spruce stump, cooled and photographed.
Length 9 mm
Osmia sp.
Subgenus Melanosmia
(Mason Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
10 mm
Captured leaving hole in a log
Bombus vancouverensis neomexicanus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Andrena sp.
(Mining Bees)
Associated Species: Achillea millefolium (Common Yarrow)
Bombus centralis neomexicanus
(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)
Bombus vancouverensis nearcticus
(Vancouver Bumble Bee)
Ichneumoninae
8 Jun 2018
Malaise Trap, 7-8 June 2018
11 mm
Camponotus modoc nearcticus
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Xorides californicus nearcticus
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 nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
~ 16 mm
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Megachile melanophaea nearcticus
(Black-and-gray Leafcutter Bee)
Apis mellifera nearcticus
(Western Honey Bee)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(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 nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
15 mm
Bombus rufocinctus nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii nearcticus
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
On a California Poppy
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
On Sticky Geranium flower
Bombus centralis nearcticus
(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)
Melecta sp.
Subgenus Melecta
(Mourning Bees)
Hoplitis sp.
Subgenus Alcidamea
(Small Mason Bees)
5 mm
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Bombus nevadensis nearcticus
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Osmia sp.
(Mason Bees)
Captured after entering hole in stump. Cooled, photographed, and released.
Nomada crotchii nearcticus
(Crotch's Nomad)
Xorides californicus nearcticus
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 nearcticus
(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 nearcticus
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Vespula altropilosa nearcticus
(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 nearcticus
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(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 nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Andrena prunorum nearcticus
(Prunus Miner Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
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 propinqua
(Western Yellowjacket)
Queen
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Banchus sp.
BugGuide, Male
First Banchus iNat observation in Idaho
Nomada crotchii propinqua
(Crotch's Nomad)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Digging a nest in my sand garden
Vespula germanica propinqua
(German Yellowjacket)
Orussus occidentalis propinqua
(Orussus)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Priocnemis oregona propinqua
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
(Mason Bees)
Xorides sp.
Body length ~ 25 mm
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Temp 11 C
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Sapygidae
(Club-horned Wasps)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Sphecodes sp.
(Blood Bees)
Camponotus sp.
(Carpenter Ants)
Raiding an Osmia nest
Camponotus modoc propinqua
(Western Black Carpenter Ant)
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
Halictus confusus propinqua
(Confusing Furrow Bee)
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Lasioglossum sp.
On Common Chickweed flower
Lasioglossum sp.
On Common Chickweed flower
Priocnemis oregona propinqua
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Vespula pensylvanica propinqua
(Western Yellowjacket)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Itoplectis conquisitor propinqua
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Vespula pensylvanica propinqua
(Western Yellowjacket)
Male
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(Furrow Bees)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Halictus confusus propinqua
(Confusing Furrow Bee)
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(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 propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Dolichovespula maculata propinqua
(Bald-faced Hornet)
On hummingbird feeder
Hoplitis sp.
(Small Mason Bees)
Megachile sp.
Subgenus Xanthosarus
(Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees)
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Dolichovespula arenaria propinqua
(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 flavidus
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
On an Indian Blanket flower (Gaillardia pulchella)
Ichneumonidae
(Darwin Wasps)
Bombus nevadensis flavidus
(Nevada Bumble Bee)
Bombus vosnesenskii flavidus
(Yellow-faced Bumble Bee)
Podalonia sp.
(Cutworm Wasps)
Tetramorium immigrans flavidus
(Immigrant Pavement Ant)
Halictus confusus flavidus
(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 flavidus
Female
BugGuide
First and only iNat observation
Apis mellifera flavidus
(Western Honey Bee)
Formica sp.
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Anthophora sp.
(Common Digger Bees)
Apis mellifera flavidus
(Western Honey Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
Camponotus modoc propinqua
(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 propinqua
(Fuzzy-horned Bumble Bee)
Osmia lignaria propinqua
(Mason Bees)
Bombus centralis propinqua
(Great Basin Bumble Bee)
On Golden Currant flowers
Lasioglossum sp.
Subgenus Dialictus
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Vespula pensylvanica propinqua
(Western Yellowjacket)
Agapostemon sp.
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Male
Vespula germanica propinqua
(German Yellowjacket)
Ectemnius sp.
With a captured hover fly
Calopompilus pyrrhomelas propinqua
Eumeninae
(Potter and Mason Wasps)
Pemphredon sp.
(Typical Aphid Wasps)
Sceliphron caementarium propinqua
(Yellow-legged Mud-dauber Wasp)
Vespula pensylvanica propinqua
(Western Yellowjacket)
5 Oct 2016
Eumenes sp.
(Typical Potter Wasps)
BugGuideAssociated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Calopompilus pyrrhomelas propinqua
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 propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Hylaeus sp.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Apis mellifera propinqua
(Western Honey Bee)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Calopompilus pyrrhomelas propinqua
On parsley flowers in the garden.
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Vespula pensylvanica propinqua
(Western Yellowjacket)
Vespula germanica propinqua
(German Yellowjacket)
Associated Species: Petroselinum crispum (Garden Parsley)
Ancistrocerus adiabatus propinqua
Stenodynerus sp.
(Stenodynerus)
BugGuideAssociated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Bombus rufocinctus propinqua
(Red-belted Bumble Bee)
Ancistrocerus sp.
Associated Species: Achillea filipendulina (Fern-leaf Yarrow)
Vespula alascensis propinqua
(Alaska Yellowjacket)
Ancistrocerus albophaleratus propinqua
(White-banded Potter Wasp)
Agapostemon sp.
Subgenus Agapostemon
(Striped Sweat Bees)
Male on Blanket Flower
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Buathra perplexa propinqua
Female
BugGuide
First Idaho iNat observation. I also recorded one at Idler's Rest.
Polistes dominula propinqua
(European Paper Wasp)
Snuck into the house somehow
Halictus ligatus propinqua
(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 propinqua
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Ceratina sp.
Subgenus Zadontomerus
(Small Carpenter Bees)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Halictus sp.
Subgenus Seladonia
(Furrow Bees)
~ 5 mm
Melissodes sp.
Associated Species: Gaillardia pulchella (Indian Blanket)
Bombus occidentalis propinqua
(Western Bumble Bee)
Bombus vagans propinqua
(Half-black Bumble Bee)
Bombus huntii propinqua
(Hunt's Bumble Bee)
Associated Species: Lavandula angustifolia (Common Lavender)
Triepeolus sp.
(Longhorn-cuckoo Bees)
Anthidium manicatum propinqua
(European Woolcarder Bee)
Formica neoclara propinqua
(Wood, Mound, and Field Ants)
Nesting under boards on ground near compost.
Aphaenogaster occidentalis propinqua
(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 propinqua
(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 propinqua
(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.