The Insect Order Hymenoptera represents four related insect groups: ants, bees wasps and sawflies. Characteristics of this order are: Two pairs of wings, with forewings usually larger than hindwings (exceptions are ants which are wingless in most of their life stages) Antennae typically with 10 or more segments and longer than the head except in some parasitic groups where they can be highly elongated Females have a prominent ovipositor, which in some groups is a "stinger" that is used to parasitize prey Some groups exhibit highly social behavior Some adults visit flowers for nectar and feed pollen to their young, while others are predatory and eat flesh   Click picture for close up view Sweat Bee ID pending   Green Metallic Bee Augochlora sp. Green Metallic Bee ID pending Green Metallic Bee ID pending Bumble Bee Bombus sp. Honey Bees ID pending   Sweat Bee Lasioglossum sp. Cow Killer Dasymutilla occidentalis Cicada Killer Sphecius speciocus Northern Paper Wasp Polistes sp. Scoliid Wasp ID unknown   Thread-waisted Wasp Ammophila procera Mason Wasp Monobia quadridens Potter Wasp Eumenes fraternus Bumble Bee Bombus sp. Carpenter-mimic  Leafcutter Megachile xylocopoides   Braconid Wasp cocoons Cimbicid Sawfly larva ID pending Dusky Birch Sawfly larva Croesus latitarsus