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Insect field guides for flies
Insect field guides for spiders
Insect field guides for beetles
Insect field guides for bees and wasps
Insect field guides for butterflies and moths
Insect field guides for dragonflies and damselflies
Insect field guides for aphids
Insect field guides for water bugs
What is an insect?
What kind of eyes do insects have?
How do insects protect themselves from enemies?
What is an exoskeleton?
What is the largest insect?
What is the smallest insect?
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There are around 19,000 species of bees known today with just as many species of wasps. Most people believe that all of these types of insects live in colonies, however, some are solitary and do not cling to a group.
Bees and wasps have instilled a fear in many people because of all the stories concerning stings. Stings from these insects are painful and if a person is stung enough times or is allergic to the stings, they can be fatal.
Understanding the way in which these stinging insects live, may prevent you from being stung if you pay attention.
Among the most common known bees species there are:
- Honey Bee (Apis mellifera)
- Bumble Bee (Bombus spp.)
- Carpenter Bee (Xylocopa virginica)
Among the most common known wasps species there are:
- Paper Wasps (Polistes spp.)
- Yellowjackets (Vespula spp., Paravespula spp.)
- Hornets (Dolichovespula maculata and Vespa crabro)
- Mud Daubers (Sceliphron caementarium, Chalybion californicum, Tropoxylon spp.)
- Cicada Killer (Sphecius speciosus)
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