Flying ants and termites are often mistaken for each other during their flying stages. Even before they sprout wings, ants ...

A curious summer encounter with rogue ants turns into a humorous journey through science, myth, and the mysterious habits of ...

The insect order Hymenoptera -- wasps, bees, ants and relatives -- is the third most diverse animal group, but its origin remains controversial. Fossils from Permian beds of Russia demonstrate ...

Mud daubers are in the insect order Hymenoptera. This order contains all species of bees, wasps, and hornets and a number of other creatures. For the most part, mud daubers are in the Sphecidae ...

Smith, David R. Editor Stehr, Frederick W. Citation McGinley, R. J., Evans, H. E., Finlayson, T., Middlekauff, W. W., and Smith, David R. 1987. "Order Hymenoptera." In Immature Insects vol. 2. Stehr, ...

Carpenter ants chew through wood to construct their nests. You might think that a tiny ant couldn’t possibly ruin your day, let alone your home. But when it comes to carpenter ants, these industrious ...

Scientists have long known that the social insects in the order Hymenoptera–which includes ants, bees, and wasps–have an unusual mechanism for sex determination: Unfertilized eggs develop into males, ...

A series of distributional lists is being published for a group of organisms that, despite its size and diversity, is still poorly known: the insect order Hymenoptera, which includes ants, bees ...

Object Details Author Castner, James L Contents Introduction -- Dichotomous keys -- External anatomy -- Insect development -- Taxonomic terminology -- Taxonomy, classification, and nomenclature -- ...

The selective advantage of foundress associations in Polistes fuscatus (Hymenoptera: Vespidae): a field study of the effects of predations on productivity. Canadian Entomologist 110: 519–540. Gillaspy ...