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

Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps


Bumble Bee Watch
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Bumble Bee Watch is a collaborative effort to track and conserve North America’s bumble bees.

This citizen science project allows for individuals to:

Upload photos of bumble bees to start a virtual bumble bee collection;
Identify the bumble bees in your photos and have your identifications verified by experts;
Help researchers determine the status and conservation needs of bumble bees;
Help locate rare or endangered populations of bumble bees;
Learn about bumble bees, their ecology, and ongoing conservation efforts; and
Connect with other citizen scientists.

Texas Bumblebees
Information on the nine species of bumblebees in Texas

Defunct site, information moved to: Bumble Bee Watch (1)

Bombus bumblebees of the world
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resource maintained by Paul Williams

Papers in Vespula maculifrons
A link containg papers on Vespula maculifrons.

Papers in Vespula consobrina
A link containing papers on V.consonobrina.

Papers in Vespula pensylvanica
Papers on V.pensylvanica.

Papers in Vespula atropilosa
A link containg papers on Vespula atropilosa.

Papers in Vespula acadica
A link containing papers on Vespula acadica.