Bees, Flies, and Wasps Photo Gallery by lejun at pbase.com

Bees, Flies, and Wasps

A collection of a variety of the Dipterids and Hymenopterids.

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Crane Flies	Robber Flies	Tachinid Flies	Ichneumon Wasps
Bumble Bee	Antlion	Antlion	Steel Blue Cricket Hunter
Steel-blue Cricket Hunter	Steel Blue Cricket Hunter	Giant Mayfly	Giant Mayfly
Stream Mayfly	Gray Fishfly	Gray Fishfly	Sweat Bee
Striped Horse Fly	Black Horse Fly	Black Horse Fly	Honey Bee
Honey Bee	Beaded Lacewing	Eastern Yellowjacket	Bee Fly
Syrphid Fly	Stilt-legged Fly	Striped Horse Fly	Eastern Cicada Killer
Eastern Cicada Killer	Double-banded Scoliid Wasp	Feather-legged Fly	Stiletto Fly
Mydas Fly	Mydas Fly	Green Lacewing	Long-legged Fly
Paper Wasp	Spider Wasp	Thread-waisted Wasp	Sand Wasp
Cicada Killer	Cicada Killer	Deer Fly	Deer Fly
Thread-waisted wasp 9-20-07.jpg	Thread-waisted Wasp	Thread-waisted Wasp	Picture-winged Fly
Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly	Long-legged Fly in Flight	Golden Mayfly
Small Minnow Mayfly	Golden Mayfly	Mayfly	Stream Mayfly
Stream Mayfly	Hangingfly	Hangingfly	Tachnid Flies
Calliptrate Flies	Bee Fly	Sinuous Bee Fly	Midge
Midge	Golden Dung Fly	Scorpion Fly	Progressive Bee Fly
Flesh Fly	Long-horned Caddisfly	Caddisfly	Green Lacewing
Green Lacewing	Brown Lacewing	Chironomid Midge	Leaf-cutting Bee
Leaf-cutting Bee	Cicada Killer	Cicada Killer	Katydid Wasp
Katydid Wasp	Katydid Wasp	Katydid Wasp	Digger Wasp
Mason Wasp	Blue-winged Wasp	Steel Blue Cricket Hunter	Blue Mud Wasp
Thread-waisted Wasps	Thread-waisted Wasp	Thread-waisted Wasp	Oecanthus Tree Cricket
Mosquito	Crane Fly	Spider Wasp	Spider Wasp
Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly
Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly
Bumble Bee	Bumble Bee	Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly
Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly
Syrphid Fly in Flight	Hover Fly	Syrphid Fly	Syrphid Fly
Syrphid Fly	Progressive Bee Fly	Progressive Bee Fly	Scorpionfly
Scorpionfly	Scorpionfly	Scorpionfly	American Horse Fly
American Horse Fly	Augochlora Green Metallic Bee	Hactilid Bee	Augochlora Green Metallic Bee
Cuckoo Wasp	Large Bee Fly	Calyptrate fly	Tachinid Fly
Tachinid Fly	Tachinid Fly	Tachinid Fly	Green Bottle Fly
Green Bottle Fly	Mayfly	Golden Mayfly	Western Green Drake Mayfly
Southern Yellow Jacket	Soldier Fly	Soldier Fly	Southern Yellow Jacket
Yellow Jacket	Yellow Jacket	Yellow Jacket	Yellow Jackets in Flight
Yellow Jacket in Flight	Yellow Jacket in Flight	Yellow Jacket in Flight	Yellow Jacket in Flight
Yellow Jacket in Flight	Red-tailed Bumble Bee	Red-tailed Bumble Bee	Bumble Bee in Flight
Bumblebee	Carpenter Bee	Male Carpenter Bee	Male Carpenter Bee
Carpenter Bee	Carpenter Bee	Carpenter Bee	Giant Resin Bee
Giant Resin Bee	Scoliid Wasp	Wevil Wasp	Paper Wasp
Paper Wasp	Paper Wasp	Paperwasp	Paper Wasp
Paper Wasp	Paper Wasp	Paper Wasp	Paper Wasp Nest
Paper Wasp Nest	Bald-faced Hornet	Drone Fly	Drone Fly
Drone Fly	Drone Fly	Halictid Bee	Halictid Bee
Halictid Bee	Honey Bee	Honey bee on clover	Honey Bee
Honey Bee in Flight	Honey Bee in Flight	Honey Bee in Flight	Honey Bee
Leafcutting Bee	Toxomerus Hover Fly (Flower Fly)	Toxomerus Hover Fly (Flower Fly)	Flower Fly
Long-legged Fly	Long-legged Fly	Long-legged Fly	Long-legged Fly
Long-legged Fly	Long-legged Fly	Long-legged Fly	Long-legged Fly
Syrphid Fly	Snipe Fly	Snipe Fly	Snipe Fly
Snipe Fly	Snipe Fly	Snipe Fly	Flower Fly
Yellowjacket Hover Fly	Hornet Flower Fly	Hornet Flower Fly	Sand-loving Wasp
Unknown Fly	Picture-winged Fly	Flower Fly	Flower Fly
Female Midge	Bee Fly	Pyrgotid Fly	Fruit Fly
Potter Wasp	Potter Wasp	Potters Wasp	Potter's Wasp Nest
Mason Wasp	Vespid Wasp	Tiphiid wasp	Thread-waisted wasp
Thread-waisted Wasp	Steel-blue Cricket Hunter	Cricket Hunter	Dark-winged Fungus Gnat
Dark-winged Fungus Gnat	Dark-winged Fungus Gnat	Lauxaniid Fly	Lauxaniid Fly
March Fly	March Fly	Dark-winged Fungus Gnat	Unidentified Specimens

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Jan		02-Jul-2009 18:19
Was stung this a.m. by dull red wasps with dull black abdomens. They came out of dead branches near the ground when I was cutting them off. Painful but not serious. I can't find them in my books but your paper wasp photos resemble them the most closely of any photo I've found. Other paper wasp photos show them with bold stripes. No stripes on these wasps of mine. Do paper wasps have a dull black & red phase? Your photos are magnificent and I spent 20 minutes just enjoying them & will again. Thank you for making them available! Jan in OK

Fiona		20-Jun-2009 13:18
Hi Great pictures but I cannot identify what is flying around us at the moment... It looks like a thin wasp but has a long body, buzzes and has a very strange tail thing hanging off it. We are in inland Andalucia, Costa del Sol, Spain. Can you help please? Thanks PS - I will not be close enough to take a picture because when they get in to the house they chase me...

Dianne		30-May-2009 01:42
Great pictures, but I did not find what I was lookin for. For all my life what I have known as a "Bumblebee" I am told is not. This bee is all black, very large and bulbus. Makes a loud buzzing sound and is very agressive. If you it will chase you and it stings. I have lived all my life in So. Calif. Can you tell me what it is? Thank you....

Guest		13-May-2009 18:48
This is a wonderful gallery of photos! I was able to identify the bee that stung me today as a Carpenter Bee. Thank you!

Kathryn		20-Mar-2009 12:01
I have been trying to identify a wasp that stung my daughter, her reaction was quite severe. Your photos are brilliant and now thanks to your photos I believe it was a paper wasp, I found it dead after the dog tried to eat it after my daughter stepped on it on the grass. By the way, she is fine, recovered after a few days. Thank you again.

Steve		17-Mar-2009 20:55
Very nice site...fabulous photography !

Guest		11-Oct-2008 03:01
Wow! Great site. You helped us in identifying a lovely Carpenter Bee. Thanks.

Tomasz Dziubinski Photography		31-Aug-2008 02:20
Great galery, large collection of excellent macros, Vote.

Linda Gavin		16-Aug-2008 21:23
What a great bunch of pictures. There is a bee that bothers us all the time when we go outside. Wanted to know what it is called.

Guest		22-Jul-2008 04:35
What a wonderful site, you answered my questions, with great photos

Inga		16-Jun-2008 02:19
The photo's on this site are wonderful! Beautiful photography. This really help me identify a few of the wasps I have around my home. I have wasps fighting each other, they are amazing to watch. It is nice to know their names. Thank you.

Janice		14-Jun-2008 19:28
I enjoyed the great gallery. I was looking for a black and white striped fly which bites and sucks blood. Twice this year I found one on the dogs face and I have have bite also. from other phots it looks like an adult apple maggot fly. Janice from Elwood IL.

Krzysztof Maslowski		08-Jun-2008 22:40
Beautiful Gallery,VOTE! Explore my http://www.pbase.com/krzysztofmaslowski/foty1_nature

Law		05-Apr-2008 15:21
nice macro photos.

lejun		20-Nov-2007 01:49
I am pleased to hear the images were helpful for your project

amon		19-Nov-2007 19:14
i foind this website very helpful for my science essay on wasps!!!!

Guest		22-Sep-2007 20:49
I do not know if anyone else has seen this, but as a child, I found a yellow-jacket like insect that was green and black instead of yellow and black. I always wondered if it was a hybrid or just a genetic mutation that caused the yellow to come out green.

Deano		01-Sep-2007 01:55
A couple weeks ago the wife and i found something stuck in our screen tent it was 3-4 inches long,and a wingspan of at least 6 inches,when it flew it sounded like a hummingbird. It was striped black and yellow,semi transparent wings,and the rear body was triangular shaped.Just really curious what it was?? Any idea? P.S. Thnak you , now we know what kind of wasps we usually see.Paper type.Thanks again from Dubuque,IA

concerned		24-Jul-2007 20:36
I have found several fly and wasp like insects that don't seem to match any piuctures. They have a green or gold face, a hard like "jacket" with well defined stripes (green alternating with brown) running in direction ofhead to end. They make a loud buzz when flying. Any ideas?

lou		22-Jul-2007 00:30
There is a large bee that visits my flower gardens that actually looks like a hummingbird or sorts. Can anyone tell me what it is?

Corine		12-Jul-2007 00:43
Awesome Picutres Wish you had more pics of the other breeds too. Keep piling them up. Thanks

Helene		06-Jul-2007 19:09
Brent you are referring to a Moth commonly called a Hummingbird Imposter that more than likely it is a Hummingbird Clearwing moth. There are different species of clearwing moths depending on your area. They are usually out in full sun and feed in the day on nectar. They love butterfly bushes.

Brent		03-Jul-2007 15:31
Awesome work. I'm looking for a "bee" like bug that is very larger - up to 1.5" and flies like a humming bird. I'm trying to identify this bug. It visits my gardens on a daily basis but has been quite difficult to photograph.

Judy Armson		13-Feb-2007 14:35
I was looking for a picture of a bumble bee in flight so I could paint one in a picture and came across your site. Beautiful pictures , I had no idea there was so many different species!

jae		17-Jan-2007 02:50
really nice photos!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:)

DENNIS REED		09-Sep-2006 01:14
WOW, WHAT NEAT PICS. I AM AN AMATURE PHOTOGRAPHER AND JUST DISCOVERED THE WORLD OF INSECTS IN PHOTOGRAGHY. I JUST TOOK PICS OF WASPS BUILDING A NEST AND COULDNT IDENTIFEY THEM. NOW I CAN THANKS TO YOU. PAPER WASPS ARE COOL. THE ONLY THING IS IS THAT THEY HAVE SOMETHING ROUND AND GREEN IN THIER MOUTHS AT THE NEST AND I WISH I KNEW WHAT IT WAS. CAN YOU HELP ME? THANK YOU SO MUCH, DENNIS REED FROM TERRE HAUTE IND.

Guest		23-Aug-2006 07:21
Looks like a fly on my sunflower, body is green, but back legs are thicker than front and middle. They are yellow and black striped. What might this one be?

Sam Ciurca		22-Aug-2006 02:38
Isn't Evolution magnificent. The variety of life you display is only a tiny fraction of the lifeforms that have ever lived on our planet, yet look at the diversity. Thank you for showing all the photos. Sam http://eurypterids.net) - Rochester, New York

Guest		21-Aug-2006 15:46
Isn't God's creation wonderfull! Look at all the variaty! And some people actually believe this all happened by time+chance! How ridiculous!

lejun		20-Aug-2006 16:37
Do you have a photo of the bees? I suggest you log on to www.bugguide.net and post your inquiry there. Thanks for your interest

Guest		19-Aug-2006 02:28
i have these monstrous "Bees" that have nested in the ground in my backyard. They dig holes about 1 inch in diameter into the dirt, and buzz loudly when they fly by you. I have been told they are called "humming bees", but i cannot find a description on the web for this. I am curious if they are dangerous and what should be done about them. please email any info to dhaas@nyc.rr.com

lejun		05-Aug-2006 20:15
Dianne, I cannot identifiy the bee from the description. Do you have a photograph that you could send? I would suggest you search under "bee" at the www.bugguide.net site and look for it there. Thanks.

dianne joseph		05-Aug-2006 18:32
we discovered a "nest" in one of our trees today. It appeared to be a mudded hut with a single entry round hole. the insects are large and shaped a lot like the potter wasp, however have never seen markings like this before. they are very aggressive, and after destroying hive they pursued my husband for over an hour. the head is black with vertical white stripes along the sides. the tail appears to be one of a yellow jacket or wasp family, but is black (as is the body) with white dots in 3 rows around the stinger - not stripes, but very small white squares. We are very curious and could not find a similiar picture on this site. do you have any clues?

Ty		03-Aug-2006 07:15
Very very nice.

lejun		14-Jul-2006 22:17
Thanks! I have enjoyed your gallery as well. Keep up the good work!

Sig Gar		14-Jul-2006 14:59
Awesome gallery..... Great macros

Thomas Buford Architect		13-Jul-2006 21:45
This is a very helpful collection of photos that has helped me ID Bees infesting a house project I'm working on. Thank you very much

silas		11-May-2006 01:06
when i lived in north central pennsylvania, i saw a few wasps that were strangely colored, one was almost flourescent green, another was white. i was told they had been bred to combat the gypsy moth infestation because they ate the larva. any thoughts? can't find pictures

Bug Gal		02-May-2006 15:49
Ok, What I have looks like a Ichneumon Fly. BUT it's body is striped like a yellow jacket. No picture to send as it was destroyed soon after it was found. A co-worker told me it was from the wasp family and burrows into trees. Help I really want to know what we found.

Jen		25-Apr-2006 00:57
I need to find what kind of insect was in my house. Ok it's got the body of a dragon fly, it's really long and thin. But it's got yellow and black strips like a yellow jacket. It also buzzes. It's got really long wings. Can you help me?

lejun		04-Nov-2005 03:52
Hi Kalyn: Could you provide a photo of the insect? It is very difficult to provide an identification without either an image or drawing of the insect. Thanks.

Kalyn		04-Nov-2005 03:46
I need to identify a bug I found. It is all tan and has stripes like a bee but they are only slightly darker that the tan color. All other anatomy is bumble bee like.

Rachel		28-Sep-2005 13:18
Thanks for the great photos! Now I know what honey bees look like!

bella		27-Sep-2005 02:26
what a cool site! - NOW i know that all these "hornets" are really YELLOW JACKETS (like my dad said) - one of which attacked me yesterday! - thanks

ragnarandren		10-Sep-2005 22:57
Nice gallery, thanks for sharing. Interesting to see for me new species, ie the american horse fly is abeatiful creature (on a photo at least, maybe not in the real world!). Ciao, Ragnar

Jodie Peach		10-Sep-2005 01:42
Hey...trying to identify a strange looking bug, winged, bigger than a bumble bee, all black and sort of shiny...a really large back section, probably the size of a large man's thumb. The bug seemed as though it was trying to burrow into a hole in the wood of the overhang on my back deck...really gross. Sort of looks like a Tihpiid wasp, any ideas?

Graham Tomlin		01-Sep-2005 02:28
nice gallery

Graham Tomlin		01-Sep-2005 02:27
nice gallery

Guest		17-Aug-2005 20:26
This is an extremely useful site!!! I didn't know the difference between honey bees and yellow jackets. We have been invaded by yellow jackets(soda bees) and now I'm not going to feel guilty when I spray them Thanks a bunch. Laura

Stacy		04-Aug-2005 22:21
Thanks for the great site. I recently discovered that I was infested with the "cricket hunter" or "crcket wasp" as the exterminator called them. They are annoying little critters because they won't leave my apartment and the more I get rid of, the more I find. I am glad to know what they are and know that they and hopefully they will be harmless to my child!

lejun		29-Jul-2005 13:29
Suggest you go to the website http://www.bugguide.net That site offers a huge collection of images all types of insects.

Guest		29-Jul-2005 02:01
I saw the scariest thing I've ever seen in my backyard this evening. It was about 2 inches long with a black body and wings that were sort of iridescent (blue). The scary part is that it had a huge head with a long "whatever you call that thing that could be used for sucking or stinging" coming out of it. I live in Virginia; any idea what it could be?

lejun		26-Jul-2005 03:14
Thanks Brian. Suggest you go to the website http://www.bugguide.net That site offers a huge collection of all types of insects.

Brian		25-Jul-2005 19:27
Great sight! Still having trouble on an ID though. All black sort of looks like wasp, living or at least visiting the wood railing at my apartment has long tail like that of Ichneumon fly. Help?

Vernon		31-May-2005 11:39
Great website - came here to see if you had a fly we saw in a friends garden that we hadn't seen before. I have some pictures of it as it was very unusual and doing some strange things on the roses. It is about the size of a hover fly with a black head and wings but it's abdomen is yellow (no stripes or other marks). While sitting on the roses it's abdomen is attached to the stems and it slowly wlaks down it leaving what looks like a scorch mark? any ideas?

obstinado		16-May-2005 00:23
My God! What a fabolous JOB here for sure!!! I love colorful things Thank you!!! visit me: http://www.pbase.com/obstinado/root&page=1

kelly		17-Apr-2005 17:58
Absolutely, the most "BEEutiful" identity photos that I personally have ever seen and I have seen many! {Sorry about the "cornball" phrase, but couldn't resist) Hopefully your sense of humor is as abundant as your pictures! Take care and keep up the wonderful work, my friend!!;-) Maryland

Leonard Martinez		12-Apr-2005 02:41
Sweet! You rob the hybla bees and leave them honeyless.

Dave P.		09-Feb-2005 01:04
Very nice photos. Found through Google search. Searching for an ID on a wasp.

Guest		22-Sep-2004 12:24
Thanks. Your site came up on google right away...when I typed in "photo honey bee yellow jacket". Since the honey bee is protected in Ohio I wish to be sure I know the difference between the two prior to solving a problem of "bees in the house wall".

Guest		12-Sep-2004 17:16
Terrific photos. Thanks. They helped me identify my yellow jacket.

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