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body small to medium, often brightly colored

antennae filiform with 7-10 segments (usually 9)

front tibia with two apical spurs

wings with 1-2 marginal cells

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Cimbicid sawflies

large, dark, robust bodies

clubbed antennae with 7 or fewer segments

front tibia with 2 apical spurs

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Horntails

body large, narrow; mainly black or brown

pronotum wider than long

end of abdomen with spear or spine

wasps, bees, and ants

first abdominal segment (propodeum) constricted to form waist (petiole)

petiole separates 4 segmented thorax (mesosoma) from abdomen (metasoma)

trochanters 1 or 2 segmented

hindwing base with no more than 2 closed cells

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braconid wasps

body <15mm, usually brown or black

forewing with one or no M-Cu crossvein

2nd and 3rd metasoma tergites fused

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Ichneumonid wasps

body <40mm

2 M-Cu crossveins

1st submarginal cell and 1st discoidal cell fused

2nd and 3rd metsoma tergites separated or overlapping

characteristic "trapazoidal" cell under stigma

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Chalcids

Body with striking yellow markings or dark color

hind femora greatly swollen or toothed

short, elbowed antennae, usually 5-13 segments

at least one pair of trochanters are 2-segmented

short ovipositor

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Gall wasps

body usually shiny black

metasoma usually laterally compressed

antennae filiform

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ensign wasps

metasoma small and oval in lateral view

petiole attached to propodeum far above hind coxae

metasome held like flag

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pelecinids

body shining black

metasome extremely long and slender in female

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cuckoo wasps

body metallic blue, green, or other clolor

cuticle pitted

metsoma with 3-4 segments, concave ventrally, last tergum toothed apically

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velvet ants

body very hairy, often brightly colored red, yellow, black

female wingless

F. Pompilidae

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Spider Wasps

wings smoky, yellow, or orange; body dark, usually black

pronotum extends to tegulae

posterior margin of pronotum indented at center when viewed dorsally

transverse sulcus crossing mesopleuron

legs often hairy and long; hind femur usually extending to end of abdomen

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potter wasps, paper wasps, yellow jackets, hornets

body usually brightly marked with yellow or white stripe and black

pronotum extends to tegulae; viewed dorsally makes a "V" shape

eyes notched

forewings usually folded longditudinally at rest

BEES and thread-waist wasps

body compact and hairy; hairs forked or plumose

hind tarsi generally enlarged and flattened

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Sphecid wasps

body form and color variable

pronotum short and colar like, does NOT reach tegulae; laterally rounded lobe extends toward tegulae

posterior portion of pronotum, viewed dorsally, nearly straight

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halictid bees, sweat bees

body small to medium, often metallic green

1st free segment of M vein strong arched

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honey bees, orchid bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees, digger bees, cuckoo bees

body small, medium, or large

corbiculum (pollen basket) present on outter surface of hind tibia of honey and bumble bees

butterflies

knobbed antennae

wings large in proportion to body

wings usualy held vertical to body at rest

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swallowtails and parnassians

body usually large, dark

hindwings usually with one or more tail-like projections

parnassians lack tails, but have dark markings and usually red eyespots

F. Pieridae

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whites, sulfurs, and orange tips

body small to medium

usually white or yellow with black markings

tarsal claws forked

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blues, coppers, hairstreaks, harvesters

body small and delicate

wings usually blue, blue-gray, brown or orange

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brush-footed butterflies

body small to medium

front legs strongly reduced

wings usually colorful, but variable

skippers

body stout in relation to wing size

antennae clubbed, the tip tapered and curved/hooked; widely separated at the base

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common skippers

body medium size

head as wide or wider than thorax

front and hind wings usually held at different angles at rest

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sphinx moths or hawk moths

body heavy, spindle shaped

atennae slightly thickened near tip or at middle

proboscis usually very long

wings narrow

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giant silkworm moths and royal moths

body medium to very large

antennae bipectinnate

wings broad, often brightly colored with eyespots

mouthparts vestigial

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geometer moths, inchworms

body small to medium, usually delicate and slender

wings broad, angulate, often marked with fine, wavy parallel lines; color variable

wings typically outstreached horizontally at rest

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noctuid moths, underwings

body small to medium, heavy; sometimes very large

forewings typically brown, often with distinctive marks; hindwings often pale

underwing moths with colorful hindwings

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plume moths

body slender, pale brown or gray

forewings with 2-4 apical lobes; hindwings with 3

wings held horizontaly at rest at right angles to body

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clearwing moths

body small to medium, dark, often wasp-like with colored markings

forewings narrow, rounded apically, sometimes with clear areas

hindwings with large clear areas

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snout moths

body small, delicate, narrow

palp large, often projecting forward

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bagworms

body stout, wings thinly scaled or almost clear

female often wingless/legless and remains in egg case

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tiger moths, wooly bears

body small to medium, heavy; pale or boldly marked

wings usually white or yellow, often spotted; sometimes banded or brightly colored