Spot ID Characters for the Order

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Key Characters: Wasp-waist present in ants, bees, and wasps Triangular stigma in front wing of sawflies, horntails, and some wasps Hamuli (tiny hooks on costa of hind wing) hold front and hind wings together: Wasp-waist present in ants, bees, and wasps
Triangular stigma in front wing of sawflies, horntails, and some wasps
Hamuli (tiny hooks on costa of hind wing) hold front and hind wings together; Triangular stigma in front wing of sawflies, horntails, and some wasps
Hamuli (tiny hooks on costa of hind wing) hold front and hind wings together; Hamuli (tiny hooks on costa of hind wing) hold front and hind wings together

Common Families: Apidae -- Bumble Bees and Honey Bees Formicidae -- Ants Vespidae -- Yellowjackets, Hornets, Paper Wasps, and Potter Wasps Halictidae -- Sweat Bees Sphecidae -- Sand Wasps, Digger Wasps, and Mud-daubers Ichneumonidae -- Ichneumon Wasps: Apidae -- Bumble Bees and Honey Bees
Formicidae -- Ants
Vespidae -- Yellowjackets, Hornets, Paper Wasps, and Potter Wasps
Halictidae -- Sweat Bees
Sphecidae -- Sand Wasps, Digger Wasps, and Mud-daubers
Ichneumonidae -- Ichneumon Wasps; Formicidae -- Ants
Vespidae -- Yellowjackets, Hornets, Paper Wasps, and Potter Wasps
Halictidae -- Sweat Bees
Sphecidae -- Sand Wasps, Digger Wasps, and Mud-daubers
Ichneumonidae -- Ichneumon Wasps; Vespidae -- Yellowjackets, Hornets, Paper Wasps, and Potter Wasps
Halictidae -- Sweat Bees
Sphecidae -- Sand Wasps, Digger Wasps, and Mud-daubers
Ichneumonidae -- Ichneumon Wasps; Halictidae -- Sweat Bees
Sphecidae -- Sand Wasps, Digger Wasps, and Mud-daubers
Ichneumonidae -- Ichneumon Wasps; Sphecidae -- Sand Wasps, Digger Wasps, and Mud-daubers
Ichneumonidae -- Ichneumon Wasps; Ichneumonidae -- Ichneumon Wasps