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BEES and WASPS

Andrenidae

PictureAndrena fulva (Tawny Mining-bee)

PictureAndrena haemorrhoa (Early Mining-bee)

PictureAndrena cineraria (Grey Mining-bee)

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Possible ID - Andrena carantonica
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Andrena scotica (Chocolate Mining Bee)

Apidae

PictureBombus pascuorum (Common Carder Bumblebee)

PictureBombus lucorum (White-tailed Bumblebee)

PictureBombus terrestris (Buff-tailed Bumblebee)

PictureBombus lapidarius (Red-tailed Bumblebee)

PictureBombus vestalis (Southern Cuckoo Bumblebee)

PictureApis mellifera (Honey Bee)

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Epeolus cruciger
PictureNomada goodeniana (Gooden's Nomad Bee)

PictureNomada ruficornis (Common Bee Wasp)

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Bombus ruderatus
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Bombus hypnorum (Tree Bumblebee)
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Anthophora bimaculata (Green-eyed Flower Bee)
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Nomada flava possible ID

Crabronidae

PictureEctemnius continuus

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Ectemnius cephalotes
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Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)
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Astata boops

Vespidae (Wasps)

PictureVespula vulgaris

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Vespula germanica
PictureVespa crabro (Hornet)

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Ancistrocerus trifasciatus
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Vespula rufa (Red Wasp)
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Dolichovespula sylvestris (Tree Wasp)
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Symmorphus crassicornis

Eumenidae (Mason Wasps)

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Cerceris rybyensis (Ornate Tailed Digger Wasp)

Sphecidae (Digger Wasps)

PictureMellinus arvensis (Field Digger Wasp)

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Ammophila sabulosa (Red-banded Sand Wasp)

Halictidae

PictureSphecodes ephippius

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Lasioglossum calceatum

Pompilidae (Spider Wasps)

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Anoplius viaticus

Megachilidae

PictureOsmia bicornis (Red Mason Bee)


Chrysididae (Cuckoo Wasps)

PictureChrysis ignita (Ruby-tailed Wasp)


PARASITIC WASPS

Ichneumonidae

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Aoplus castaneus
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Gelis melanocephala
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Habrocampulum biguttatum
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Ichneumon stramentarius
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Pimpla rufipes
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Stenichneumon militarius
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Haemorrhoicus crassigena
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Alomya debellator
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Stenichneumon culpator
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Ichneumon extensorius
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Ophion luteus

GALL WASPS (Or the Galls they create)

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SAWFLIES

Argidae

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Arge berberidis (Berberis Sawfly)
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Arge cyanocrocea (Bramble Sawfly)
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Arge pagana
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Arge ochropus (Rose Sawfly)

Tenthredinidae

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Apethymus serotinus
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Eriocampa ovata (Alder Sawfly)
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Eutomostethus ephippium
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Periclista lineolata (Oak Sawfly)
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Rhogogaster viridis
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Endelomyia aethiops (Rose-slug Sawfly)
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Selandria serva
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Tenthredo arcuata
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Tenthredo colon
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Tenthredo livida
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Tenthredo mesomela
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Tenthredo notha
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Pontania proxima (Willow Redgall Sawfly Gall)
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Macrophya alboannulata
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Aglaostigma aucupariae
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Ametastegia glabrata
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Tenthredo mandibularis

Pamphiliidae  

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Pamphilius varius

ANTS

Formicidae

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Lasius niger (Black Garden Ant)
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Myrmica rubra (Red Ant)
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Formica fusca (Black Wood Ant)
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Formica rufa (Wood Ant)
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