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Type of Insect Description Photo Number Counted Carpenter Bee (16-22mm) Black body with yellow and black bands; dense hair on head and thorax; NO HAIR ON ABDOMEN; broad head & thick body; MALES have yellow to white coloring on face, FEMALES all black face Carpenter Bee Bumble Bee (10-19mm) Black body covered with dense yellow and black hair; fat bee with small head; large thorax and abdomen; hairy abdomen Bumble Bee Honey Bee (12-15mm) Brown or black stripes on body; golden-brown hair covers abdomen Honey Bee Small Bees Any bee smaller than a honey bee Can include: leaf cutter bees, sweat bees Small Bees Wasps (13-25mm) Can include: Potter wasps, paper wasps and others. Note: yellow jackets are not often seen on flowers Wasps Flies (6-13mm) Large eyes; Have two wings instead of four like bees and wasps; eyes are large and take up most of face; small antenna Flies Butterflies Can include: Skippers, Gulf Fritillaries, Monarchs, Swallowtails, and others Butterflies Other Insects Can include: beetles, dragonflies, lacewings, and others Other Insects Photo credits: Becky Griffin, Joseph Berger, David Cappaert, Alan Emery, M.E. Bartolo, Millard Griffin, Eddie McGriff Name of Plant: Date: Time: Temperature: Weather conditions: Sunny Partly Cloudy Cloudy Rainy (write team members name on back)
