{"id":431,"date":"2010-10-14T13:04:24","date_gmt":"2010-10-14T17:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/umaine.edu\/homeowner-ipm\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T12:29:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T16:29:20","slug":"bees-hornets-wasps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/home\/critter-id\/photo-gallery\/bees-hornets-wasps\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Bees, Hornets, Wasps (plus some Sawflies)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id431_a492ab-73 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id431_a492ab-73 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id431_a492ab-73 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}.kb-row-layout-id431_a492ab-73 > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kb-row-layout-id431_a492ab-73 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 2fr) minmax(0, 1fr);}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kb-row-layout-id431_a492ab-73 > .kt-row-column-wrap{grid-template-columns:minmax(0, 1fr);}}<\/style><div class=\"kb-row-layout-wrap kb-row-layout-id431_a492ab-73 alignwide wp-block-kadence-rowlayout\"><div class=\"kt-row-column-wrap kt-has-2-columns kt-row-layout-left-golden kt-tab-layout-inherit kt-mobile-layout-row kt-row-valign-top\">\n<style>.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column431_8c39a2-d8\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h2>Photo Gallery: Bees, Hornets and Wasps (Plus some Sawflies)<\/h2>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 20%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-431 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Baldfaced-Hornets-labeled.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Baldfaced-Hornets-labeled-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Photo f Baldfaced Hornets (guarding their nest)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-5549\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Baldfaced-Hornets-labeled-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2015\/03\/Baldfaced-Hornets-labeled-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-5549'>\n\t\t\t\tBald-faced Hornets (guarding their nest)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Bald-facedHornet-02-e1594053373912.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Bald-facedHornet-02-e1594053373912-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A bald-faced hornet holding the remnants of an insect which was probably preyed upon by the hornet\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-7986\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Bald-facedHornet-02-e1594053373912-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/03\/Bald-facedHornet-02-e1594053373912-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-7986'>\n\t\t\t\tBald-faced Hornets\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Agapostemon-virescens-061522-AHaskins.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"148\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/06\/Agapostemon-virescens-061522-AHaskins-e1655919744580-148x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Bicolored Striped-Sweat bee, Agapostemon virescens, resting on a milkweed plant in South Portland, Maine; June 15th, 2022\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12396\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12396'>\n\t\t\t\tBicolored Striped-Sweat bee (<I>Agapostemon virescens<\/i>) (South Portland, ME; 6\/15\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Amy Haskins)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-02.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-02-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Bumblebee visiting a Birdsfoot Trefoil flower\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-02-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-02-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-449'>\n\t\t\t\tBumblebee (Sometimes written as two words)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-Queen.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-Queen-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"photo of a queen bumblebee on a red clover flower\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-Queen-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Bumblebee-Queen-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-654'>\n\t\t\t\tBumblebee (queen)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122a.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122a-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"An Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp resting on a deck\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122a-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122a-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12423'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Cicada-killer Wasp (<i>Sphecius speciosus<\/i>) (~1.5&#8243; long; solitary and non-aggressive) (they provision their underground rearing chambers with paralyzed cicadas as food for their offspring) (Raymond Cape, ME; 7\/11\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Paul Tracy)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122b.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122b-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"An Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp inside a glass jar\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122b-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2022\/07\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-PTracy-071122b-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12424'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Cicada-killer Wasp (<i>Sphecius speciosus<\/i>) (~1.5&#8243; long; solitary and non-aggressive) (often mistaken for a Murder Hornet due to its size) (Raymond Cape, ME; 7\/11\/2022) (Photo courtesy of Paul Tracy)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-083021.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Eastern-Cicada-Killer-083021-e1647632716290-150x136.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"An Eastern Cicada-killer wasp\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11833\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11833'>\n\t\t\t\tEastern Cicada-killer Wasp (<i>Sphecius speciosus<\/i>) (Photo courtesy of Scott Saunders) (8\/29\/2021; Hollis, Maine)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Cimbex-Americana-Sawfly-070120c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"119\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/07\/Cimbex-Americana-Sawfly-070120c-e1649885257446-150x119.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Elm Sawfly adult, resting on a pea plant\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10566\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10566'>\n\t\t\t\tElm Sawfly adult (resembles a large wasp) (7\/1\/2020; Edgecomb, Maine) (Photo by E. Kerr)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Gold-markedThread-Waisted-Wasp-Rockport-083020.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/04\/Gold-markedThread-Waisted-Wasp-Rockport-083020-e1649875835518-150x136.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp in Rockport, Maine - August 30th, 2020\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11493\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11493'>\n\t\t\t\tGold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp (<i>Eremnophila aureonotata<\/i>) (Rockport, ME; 8\/30\/2020)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Great-Black-Digger-Wasp-080425-JFD.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Great-Black-Digger-Wasp-080425-JFD-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Great Black Digger Wasp (Sphex pensylvanicus) (solitary; provision their underground rearing chambers with usually 3 katydids per nest (Old Town, ME; 8\/4\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Great-Black-Digger-Wasp-080425-JFD-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Great-Black-Digger-Wasp-080425-JFD-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Great-Black-Digger-Wasp-080425-JFD-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Great-Black-Digger-Wasp-080425-JFD-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Great-Black-Digger-Wasp-080425-JFD-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15714'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Black Digger Wasp (<i>Sphex pensylvanicus<\/i>) (solitary; females provision their underground rearing chambers with usually 3 katydids per nest (Old Town, ME; 8\/4\/2025)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Great-Golden-Digger-Wasp-JMorton-081921.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Great-Golden-Digger-Wasp-JMorton-081921-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Great Golden Digger Wasp, Sphex ichneumoneus, captured in Detroit, Maine - August 19th, 2021\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-11826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Great-Golden-Digger-Wasp-JMorton-081921-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2021\/08\/Great-Golden-Digger-Wasp-JMorton-081921-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-11826'>\n\t\t\t\tGreat Golden Digger Wasp (<i>Sphex ichneumoneus<\/i>) (solitary; females provision their rearing chambers or cells with katydids, one per cell with one egg deposited on each one) (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Morton; Detroit, Maine; 8\/19\/2021)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase.jpeg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Greene&#039;s Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (Megarhyssa greenei) (Panton, VT - but also found in Maine) (9\/29\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Warren Chase)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-400x400.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/10\/Greenes-Giant-Ichneumonid-Wasp-Megarhyssa-greenei-092925-WChase-32x32.jpeg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15902'>\n\t\t\t\tGreene&#8217;s Giant Ichneumonid Wasp (<i>Megarhyssa greenei<\/i>) (Panton, VT &#8211; but also found in Maine) (9\/29\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Warren Chase)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a honey bee visiting a dandelion blossom\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/Honey-bee-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-451'>\n\t\t\t\tHoney Bees (Sometimes written as one word)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Therion-circumflexon.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Therion-circumflexon-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A species of Ichneumonidae wasp (Therion circumflexon) (North Anson, ME; 5\/23\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Carol Lehto)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Therion-circumflexon-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2024\/05\/Therion-circumflexon-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13604'>\n\t\t\t\tA species of Ichneumonidae wasp (<i>Therion circumflexon<\/i>) (North Anson, ME; 5\/23\/2024) (Photo courtesy of Carol Lehto) \n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PaperWasps.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PaperWasps-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Guinea Paper Wasps (Polistes exclamans) resting on their nest and guarding it\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PaperWasps-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/PaperWasps-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-452'>\n\t\t\t\tGuinea Paper Wasps (<i>Polistes exclamans<\/i>)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Northern Paper Wasp (Polistes fuscatus) (Orono, ME; 9\/14\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Edward S. Grew)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15827\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-768x766.jpg 768w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-105x105.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-317x316.jpg 317w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-423x422.jpg 423w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-634x632.jpg 634w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-846x843.jpg 846w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-951x948.jpg 951w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew-32x32.jpg 32w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Northern-Paper-Wasp-Polistes-fuscatus-091425-EGrew.jpg 988w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15827'>\n\t\t\t\tNorthern Paper Wasp (<i>Polistes fuscatus<\/i>) (Orono, ME; 9\/14\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Edward S. Grew)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/GoldenPaperWasp.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/GoldenPaperWasp-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Northern Paper Wasp (known also by three other common names: Dark Paper Wasp, Golden Paper Wasp and the Common Paper Wasp)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/GoldenPaperWasp-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/GoldenPaperWasp-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-450'>\n\t\t\t\tNorthern Paper Wasp (<i>Polistes fuscatus<\/i>) (known also by three other common names: Dark Paper Wasp, Golden Paper Wasp and the Common Paper Wasp)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/SolitaryBee.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/SolitaryBee-e1647631913593-150x129.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Example of a solitary bee, visiting flowers of Purple Vetch \/ Cow Pea\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-453\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-453'>\n\t\t\t\tExample of a solitary ground-nesting bee<\/b> (Port Clyde, ME; 7\/11\/2009)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Sand-Wasp-Genus-Bicyrtes-072909.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Sand-Wasp-Genus-Bicyrtes-072909-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"A Sand wasp (Bicyrtes ventralis) resting on a Black-eyed Susan flower in Troy, Maine - July 29th, 2009. Sand wasps are solitary, non-aggressive and beneficial.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-10951\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Sand-Wasp-Genus-Bicyrtes-072909-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2020\/12\/Sand-Wasp-Genus-Bicyrtes-072909-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-10951'>\n\t\t\t\tA sand wasp (<i>Bicyrtes ventralis)<\/i> (Troy, Maine; 7\/29\/2009) Sand wasps are solitary, non-aggressive and beneficial.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/SweatBee-Halictidae.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/SweatBee-Halictidae-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Examples of a sweat bee, visiting a dandelion flower\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-454\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/SweatBee-Halictidae-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/SweatBee-Halictidae-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-454'>\n\t\t\t\tSweat Bees \/ Halictids\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/03\/Potter-Wasp-possibly-Ancistrocerus-gazella.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"147\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/03\/Potter-Wasp-possibly-Ancistrocerus-gazella-e1679344791630-150x147.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Example of a female Potter wasp (likely Ancistrocerus gazella) situated at the entrance of her nest\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-12876\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-12876'>\n\t\t\t\tExample of a Potter wasp (likely <i><a href=\"https:\/\/cjai.biologicalsurvey.ca\/bmc_05\/07a_gazella.html\" target=\"blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ancistrocerus gazella<\/a><\/i>) (the female collects as many as twenty caterpillars to provision each nest which she later seals with mud)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/VespidWasp.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/VespidWasp-e1647631962679-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Catskill Potter Wasp (Ancistrocerus catskill) on a daisy fleabane flower (Troy, ME; 6\/17\/2008) (This wasp is a solitary species of Vespid wasp in the group known as Potter and Mason wasps.)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-456\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-456'>\n\t\t\t\tCatskill Potter Wasp (<i>Ancistrocerus catskill<\/i>) (Troy, ME; 6\/17\/2008) (This wasp is a solitary species of Vespid wasp in the group known as Potter and Mason wasps.)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Velvet Ant [wasp] (female) (Dasymutilla gibbosa) (Hermon, ME; 7\/19\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/07\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-071925-MShores-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15599'>\n\t\t\t\tVelvet Ant [<b>wasp<\/b>] (female) (<i><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/148391\" target=\"_blank\">Dasymutilla gibbosa<\/a><\/i>) (these are actually wasps and the wingless females are ant mimics; females are not aggressive but have a very painful stinger) (Hermon, ME; 7\/19\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Michelle Shores)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-081225-KGates-e1755022004834.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-081225-KGates-e1755022004834-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Velvet Ant [wasp] (female) (Dasymutilla gibbosa) (Kennebunk, ME; 8\/12\/2025)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-15725\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-081225-KGates-e1755022004834-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-081225-KGates-e1755022004834-105x104.jpg 105w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-081225-KGates-e1755022004834-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-081225-KGates-e1755022004834-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-081225-KGates-e1755022004834-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/08\/Velvet-Ant-Dasymutilla-gibbosa-081225-KGates-e1755022004834-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-15725'>\n\t\t\t\tVelvet Ant [<b>wasp<\/b>] (female) (<i><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/148391\" target=\"_blank\">Dasymutilla gibbosa<\/a><\/i>) (these are actually wasps and the wingless females are ant mimics; females are not aggressive but have a very painful stinger) (Kennebunk, ME; 8\/12\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Kari Gates)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Vespula-alascensis-American-Yellowjacket-072323c.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Vespula-alascensis-American-Yellowjacket-072323c-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"an American Yellowjacket, also called Alaska Yellowjacket (Vespula alascensis)\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Vespula-alascensis-American-Yellowjacket-072323c-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2023\/08\/Vespula-alascensis-American-Yellowjacket-072323c-32x32.jpg 32w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13177'>\n\t\t\t\tAmerican Yellowjacket \/ Alaska Yellowjacket (<i>Vespula alascensis<\/i>) (female worker) (Searsport, ME; 7\/23\/2023)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Downy-Yellowjacket-Vespula-flavopilosa-091225-EGrew.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2025\/09\/Downy-Yellowjacket-Vespula-flavopilosa-091225-EGrew-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"a Downy Yellowjacket (Vespula flavopilosa) (Orono, ME; 9\/12\/2025) (Photo courtesy of Edward S. 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Grew)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/YellowjacketHornet1.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"107\" src=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2010\/10\/YellowjacketHornet1-e1594052398431-150x107.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"side-by-side photos of a Yellowjacket and a European Hornet, for comparative purposes\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-457\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-457'>\n\t\t\t\t<b>European Hornet<\/b><br \/>(Open the photo to see a side-by-side comparison with a Yellowjacket)\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl>\n\t\t\t<br style='clear: both' \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> To see some flies that are good at mimicking bees, visit our page of <a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/fact-sheets\/common-name-listing\/syrphid-flies\/\">syrphid flies<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column431_0a755c-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column431_0a755c-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column431_0a755c-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column431_0a755c-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column431_0a755c-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column431_0a755c-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column431_0a755c-49{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column431_0a755c-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column431_0a755c-49 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column431_0a755c-49\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\">\n<h3>Additional Photos and Information:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/bald-faced-hornet\/\"><strong>Bald-faced Hornets<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/21858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bicolored Striped-sweat Bee<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Agapostemon virescens<\/em> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/3077\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong><b>Bumblebees<\/b><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mdc.mo.gov\/discover-nature\/field-guide\/eastern-cicada-killer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (<em>Sphecius speciosus<\/em>) (Missouri Dept. of Conservation) <em><strong>See also:<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/514\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Eastern Cicada-killer Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/14081\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Downy Yellowjacket<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; <i>Vespula flavopilosa <\/i>(BugGuide.net) (thick yellow hairs on the thorax and abdomen)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/entomology.ca.uky.edu\/ef600\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>European hornets<\/b><\/a> <\/strong>(University of Kentucky)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/14227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Golden Paper Wasp \/ Dark Paper Wasp \/ Northern Paper Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/5530\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Great Black Digger Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insectlab.russell.wisc.edu\/2020\/08\/17\/great-golden-digger-wasp-another-asian-giant-hornet-look-alike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Great Golden Digger Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Wisconsin) | <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/414\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Great Golden Digger Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/84170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Greene&#8217;s Giant Ichneumonid Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/entomology.cals.cornell.edu\/extension\/wild-pollinators\/native-bees-your-backyard\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Ground-nesting Solitary Bees<\/strong><\/a> (Cornell)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/11641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Guinea Paper Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bee-health.extension.org\/honey-bee-biology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Honey bees<\/b><\/a><\/strong> (eXtension.org)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/226\">Horntail Wasp<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">s<\/a><\/strong> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ichneumonid wasps<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/84170\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Greene&#8217;s Giant Ichneumonid Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/1984740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><i>Therion circumflexum<\/i><\/strong><\/a><i> <\/i>(BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/14227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Northern Paper Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>Paper Wasps<\/b><\/a><\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/14227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Dark Paper Wasp \/ Northern Paper Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/11641\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Guinea Paper Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/36832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>P<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/36832\"><strong>igeon Horntail Wasp, <em>Tremex columba<\/em><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Potter and Mason Wasps (subfamily <span class=\"bgpage-taxon-desc\">Eumeninae<\/span>):<\/strong> Genus <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/6812\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><strong>Ancistrocerus<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nature.mdc.mo.gov\/discover-nature\/field-guide\/sand-wasps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sand Wasps<\/strong><\/a> (Missouri Dept of Conservation)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/41984\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Bicyrtes ventralis<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/sawflies\/\"><strong>Sawflies<\/strong><\/a> (also called &#8220;Stingless wasps&#8221; as they highly resemble wasps but they do not sting)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/128\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Sweat Bees<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/21858\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Bicolored Striped-sweat Bee<\/strong><\/a>, <em>Agapostemon virescens<\/em> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thread-waisted wasps<\/strong> (Family Sphecidae):\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Gold-marked Thread-waisted Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/insectlab.russell.wisc.edu\/2020\/08\/17\/great-golden-digger-wasp-another-asian-giant-hornet-look-alike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Great Golden Digger Wasp<\/strong><\/a> (Univ. of Wisconsin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Velvet Ants<\/strong> \u2014 these are actually solitary wasps with females that look like fuzzy ants and are equipped with a very painful stinger, giving rise to two other common names: \u201cmule killers\u201d and \u201ccow killers\u201d because of the intensity of the pain. <a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/148391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong><i>Dasymutilla gibbosa<\/i><\/strong><\/a> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/bugguide.net\/node\/view\/226\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Wood Wasps \/ Horntails<\/a><\/strong> (BugGuide.net)<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.umaine.edu\/home-and-garden-ipm\/common-name-listing\/hornets-wasps-and-yellowjackets\/\"><b>Yellowjackets<\/b><\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo Gallery: Bees, Hornets and Wasps (Plus some Sawflies) Note: To see some flies that are good at mimicking bees, visit our page of syrphid flies. 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