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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Vespoidea » Vespidae » Paper Wasps (Polistinae) » Honey Wasps (Brachygastra) » Mexican Honey Wasp (Brachygastra mellifica)
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Bee - Brachygastra mellifica - female
Copyright © 2020 Manzeal Khanal

Bee - Brachygastra mellifica - Female
Coks Slough Nature Park, Uvalde County, Texas, USA
August 18, 2019
Found over bryohpyte/algal surface in stream
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Contributed by Manzeal Khanal on 19 June, 2020 - 10:06am
Last updated 27 June, 2020 - 9:19am

Moved
Moved from Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps.
… Bob Biagi, 27 June, 2020 - 9:19am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies.
… John S. Ascher, 27 June, 2020 - 4:48am login or register to post comments

Female
I think she might be one of these Texas to Arizona specials.
Brachygastra mellifica: ♀ Mexican Honey Wasp
… Bob Biagi, 19 June, 2020 - 11:03pm login or register to post comments

 
may be
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