Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada

Family Vespidae - Yellowjackets, Paper Wasps, and Hornets; Potter, Mason and Pollen Wasps


Identification Atlas of the Vespidae (Hymenoptera, Aculeata) of the northeastern Nearctic region
Extensive web site with keys, descriptions. Authors: Matthias Buck, Stephen A. Marshall, and David K.B. Cheung. Excellent!

Natural History of Solitary Eumenine Wasps
Brief description of part of the life cycle of these wasps at Dr. Cowan's web site from Western Michigan University.

Types of Bees
The site offers identification clues for North American bee species. It is complimented by a separate Wasps section.

Guides to the Genera and species of Eastern North American Bees
A set of online interactive guides to the eastern bees. Currently there is a guide to the genera and about 20+ guides to the species of some of those genera. We hope to have all the genera up on the web by the end of 2005 and then begin working our way west to include all the bees on the continent. Guides are designed for the advanced amateur to the professional. If possible we use common names rather than jargon, but at times it is necessary to get technical to separate out closely related species. We also plan to add more pictures and illustrations (including links to Bugnet photographs

The Bees of Florida
Extensive set of on-line keys by Dr. John Pascarella at Valdosta State University, Georgia. It uses photos of specimens, and, I believe, goes down to species level.

Has some interesting photos of other taxa, for example, wasps, but no keys or species identifications.

(Thanks to Tony DiTerlizzi for finding this!)

Discover Life--SUPERFAMILY: Ichneumonoidea
Links to summary pages on Braconids and Ichneumons. Concise summaries, with references and a few images.

Sphecid Wasps of Michigan
Some photos, life histories.

Billd's Florida Insect Page.
This is my entomology page with photos and links about insects. I hope you use this page for science and education.