General Insect Gallery 3

David A Kendall BSc PhD
Consulting Entomologist

2 Birchdene Nailsea Bristol BS48 1QD UK
Tel/Fax: 01275 854224
E-Mail: [email protected]

INSECT FILES

Shortcut to the main groups of insects and other arthropods...

Bug Rhymes & Poems

Links

Shop

Payments (credit/debit card)

General Insect Gallery - Page 3: Wasps, Ants & Bees	Class: Insecta Order: Hymenoptera
A selection of wasps, ants and bees found in Britain and Northern Europe . . . . . .

<<< CONTENTS
Wood Wasp or Horntail (Urocerus gigas) - see image below for details This female horntail was captured by Mark Littlewood and photographed by his 3 year old daughter, Violet (21/07/2006 Cambridgeshire, UK) Photo: V. Littlewood ©

Wood Wasp or Horntail (Urocerus gigas) length 40-60 mm Female with a stout ovipositor at the tail-end which is used like a drill for laying eggs in the wood of pine trees Photo: C. Love ©	German Wasp (Vespula germanica) length up to 25 mm Queen foraging on Cotoneaster flowers

European Hornet (Vespa crabro) length up to 40 mm Photo: J. Myers ©	European Hornet (Vespa crabro) length up to 40 mm Photo: Thor Taylor Photography ©

'Face to face' with the European Hornet (Vespa crabro) Front view of the head with jaws, antennae & dorsal cluster of simple eyes between the lateral pair of compound eyes Photo: Thor Taylor Photography ©	European Hornet (Vespa crabro) Close-up of the characteristic colour pattern on the head, thorax and basal part of the abdomen Photo: Thor Taylor Photography ©

Typical nesting site of the European Hornet (Vespa crabro) Workers at their nest entrance in a hollow tree trunk Photo: B. James ©	Nest of a Social Wasp (Vespula sp.) Hanging in the roof-space of a building Photo: S. Lothian ©

Nest of the Tree Wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris) Hanging from the branch of a hawthorn tree with the entrance hole at the bottom Photo: G. Thompson ©	Brood cells of the Tree Wasp (Dolichovespula sylvestris) Outer covering of the nest removed to show the brood cells containing grubs and pupae Photo: G. Thompson ©

Yellow Garden Ant (Lasius flavus) length up to 7 mm Winged males and females emerging from their nest in a garden lawn - the smaller yellow-brown ants are workers	Nest mound of the Yellow Garden Ant (Lasius flavus) Mound of soil excavated by the worker ants from their underground nesting chambers and tunnels

Solitary Mining Bee (Andrena haemorrhoa) length 10-12 mm Female resting on a leaf	Buff-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) length up to 30 mm Queen foraging on heather flowers

White-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lucorum) length up to 30 mm Worker foraging on lupin flowers Photo: FreeFoto - I. Britton ©	Carder Bee (Bombus pascuorum) length up to 18 mm Male foraging on thistle flower

Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) length up to 30 mm Queen resting on hawksbeard flower	Red-tailed Bumblebee (Bombus lapidarius) length up to 20 mm Male foraging on thistle flower

Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) length 12-15 mm Worker resting on apple blossom	Honey Bee (Apis mellifera) length 12-15 mm Worker foraging on Campanula flowers

<<< CONTENTS	NEXT >>>