Hymenoptera

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All Hail the Queens

Honey ant repletes

Honeybee castes

Why bees are important to the environment

Haplodiploidy in bees

Tarantula hawk wasp

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Also Known As	hymenopteran

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Honey ant repletes

Honeybee castes

Haplodiploidy in bees

Tarantula hawk wasp

Leaf-cutting bees

Honeybee life cycle

Why bees are important to the environment

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list of ants, bees, and wasps wasp Apocrita Symphyta Gorytes Polybia Megalodontoidea What’s the Difference Between Hornets and Wasps?Formicoidea Ichneumonoidea Lepidoptera coleopteran dipteran termite neuropteran flea caddisfly snakefly scorpionfly strepsipteran

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wasp. Vespid Wasp (Vespidaea) with antennas and compound eyes drink nectar from a cherry. Hornets largest eusocial wasps, stinging insect in the order Hymenoptera, related to bees. Pollination

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Sea otter (Enhydra lutris), also called great sea otter, rare, completely marine otter of the northern Pacific, usually found in kelp beds. Floats on back. Looks like sea otter laughing. saltwater otters

Animal Group Names

Lion (panthera leo)

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Nine-Banded Armadillo.

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Nine-Banded Armadillo.

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Green tree python snake (Chondropython viridis) in a rainforest.

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vulture. An adult bearded vulture at a raptor recovery center. The Gypaetus barbatus also known as the Lammergeier or Lammergeyer, is a bird of prey and considered an Old World vulture.

Animal Factoids

Lion (panthera leo)

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