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Bees, Wasps and Ants

  • Solenopsis invicta (Red Imported Fire Ant) queen and workers with brood: Arthropoda: Hexapoda: Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae.TEXAS: Travis Co..Brackenridge Field Laboratory - Fire Ant lab.Austin.16.Mar.2004.J.C. Abbott
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  • Southern Yellowjacket (Vespula squamosa) (Hymenoptera: Vespidae) in flight.TEXAS: Ellis Co..Maypearl.23-24.Nov.2006.J.C. Abbott
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  • Macrotera texana (Arthropoda: Hexapoda Hymenoptera: Andrenidae).They are communal panurgine andrenids. The males have rather strong positve cephalic head allometry. Males often spend the night in nests where there seemingly endless mating foolishness continues..TEXAS: Terrell Co..Oasis Ranch; Independence Creek.Sheffield, 15.1 mi S.23-27.V.2007.N30.4665 W101.8008.J.C. Abbott #2334
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  • Carpenter ant (Camponotus) tending Lycaenid caterpillar.TEXAS: Lamar.Camp Maxey; Paris.April 24-27, 2003.J.C. Abbott #1049
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  • Polistes sp. (Paper Wasp).TEXAS: Presidio Co..Las Cuevas @ Big Bend State Natural Area.24-May-2005 N29.495 W104.10470.J.C. Abbott #2124
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  • reared Pseudacteon obtusus female Phorid fly attacking Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta). These .TEXAS: Travis Co..Brackenridge Field Laboratory; Austin.11.Mar.2009.J.C. Abbott
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  • reared Pseudacteon tricuspis male Phorid fly attacking Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta).TEXAS: Travis Co..Brackenridge Field Laboratory; Austin.13.Mar.2009.J.C. Abbott
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  • reared Pseudacteon obtusus female Phorid fly attacking Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta).TEXAS: Travis Co..Brackenridge Field Laboratory; Austin.13.Mar.2009.J.C. Abbott
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  • reared Pseudacteon tricuspis female Phorid fly attacking Red Imported Fire Ants (Solenopsis invicta).TEXAS: Travis Co..Brackenridge Field Laboratory; Austin.16.Mar.2009.J.C. Abbott
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