#hymenopterous_insect__hymenopterousinsect__hymenopteran__hymenopteron__hymenopter insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing
supertype: insect small air-breathing arthropod
member of: order_Hymenoptera
subtype: bee any of numerous hairy-bodied insects including social and solitary species
subtype: drone stingless male bee in a colony of social bees (especially honeybees) whose sole function is to mate with the queen
subtype: honeybee__Apis_mellifera social bee often domesticated for the honey it produces
subtype: Africanized_bee__Africanized_honey_bee__killer_bee__Apis_mellifera_scutellata__Apis_mellifera_adansonii a strain of bees that originated in Brazil in the 1950s as a cross between an aggressive African bee and a honeybee; retains most of the traits of the African bee; now spread as far north as Texas
subtype: black_bee__blackbee__German_bee dark-colored ill-tempered honeybee supposedly of German origin
subtype: Carniolan_bee grayish highly productive European honeybee that has a quiet disposition
subtype: Italian_bee yellowish honeybee resembling the Carniolan bee in its habits
subtype: carpenter_bee__carpenterbee large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems
subtype: bumblebee__humblebee robust hairy social bee of temperate regions
subtype: cuckoo-bumblebee a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees
subtype: andrena__andrenid__mining_bee a bee that is a a member of the genus Andrena
subtype: Nomia_melanderi__alkali_bee a common solitary bee important for pollinating alfalfa in the western United States
subtype: leaf-cutting_bee__leaf-cutter__leaf-cutter_bee bee that cuts rounded pieces from leaves and flowers to line its nest
subtype: mason_bee__masonbee any of numerous solitary bees that build nests of hardened mud and sand
subtype: potter_bee solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant
subtype: wasp social or solitary hymenopterans typically having a slender body with the abdomen attached by a narrow stalk and having a formidable sting
subtype: vespid_wasp__vespid mostly social nest-building wasps
subtype: paper_wasp__paperwasp any of several social wasps that construct nests of a substance like paper
subtype: Polistes_annularis a variety of paper wasp
subtype: hornet large stinging paper wasp
subtype: giant_hornet__gianthornet__Vespa_crabro European hornet introduced into the United States
subtype: bald-faced_hornet__white-faced_hornet__whitefacedhornet__Vespula_maculata North American hornet
subtype: yellow_jacket__yellow_hornet__Vespula_maculifrons small yellow-marked social wasp commonly nesting in the ground
subtype: common_wasp__Vespula_vulgaris a variety of vespid wasp
subtype: mason_wasp__masonwasp any of various solitary wasps that construct nests of hardened mud for their young
subtype: potter_wasp any of various solitary wasps that construct vase-shaped cells of mud for their eggs
subtype: sphecoid_wasp__sphecoid any of various solitary wasps
subtype: mason_wasp.sphecoid_wasp__masonwasp solitary wasp that constructs nests of hardened mud or clay for the young
subtype: digger_wasp solitary wasp that digs nests in the soil and stocks them with paralyzed insects for the larvae
subtype: cicada_killer__Sphecius_speciosis large black or rust-colored wasp that preys on cicadas
subtype: mud_dauber__muddauber wasp that constructs mud cells on a solid base in which females place eggs laid in paralyzed insect larvae
subtype: cynipid_gall_wasp__gall_wasp__gallfly__cynipidwasp small solitary wasp that produces galls on oaks and other plants
subtype: chalcid_fly__chalcidfly__chalcid__chalcid_wasp__chalcidwasp any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects
subtype: chalcis_fly__chalcisfly a variety of chalcid fly
subtype: ichneumon_fly__ichneumonfly hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae
subtype: sawfly insect whose female has a saw-like ovipositor for inserting eggs into the leaf or stem tissue of a host plant
subtype: birch_leaf_miner__Fenusa_pusilla small black sawfly native to Europe but established in eastern United States; larvae mine the leaves of birches causing serious defoliation
subtype: ant__emmet__pismire social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
subtype: pharaoh_ant__pharaohant__pharaoh's_ant__pharaoh'sant__Monomorium_pharaonis small red ant of warm regions; a common household pest
subtype: little_black_ant__Monomorium_minimum tiny glossy black ant; nests outdoors but invades houses for food
subtype: army_ant__driver_ant__legionary_ant__legionaryant tropical nomadic ant that preys mainly on other insects
subtype: carpenter_ant__carpenterant ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs
subtype: fire_ant omnivorous ant of tropical and subtropical America that can inflict a painful sting
subtype: wood_ant__Formica_rufa reddish-brown European ant typically living in anthills in woodlands
subtype: slave_ant__slaveant any of various ants captured as larvae and enslaved by another species
subtype: Formica_fusca an ant frequently enslaved
subtype: slave-making_ant__slave-maker__slavemaker an ant that attacks colonies of other ant species and carries off the young to be reared as slaves
subtype: sanguinary_ant__Formica_sanguinea slave-making ant widely distributed over the northern hemisphere
subtype: Amazon_ant__Polyergus_rufescens small reddish slave-making ant species
subtype: bulldog_ant__bulldogant any of the large fierce Australian ants of the genus Myrmecia
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