Read about related Hymenoptera by using the "Forward" and "Backward" device icons. This Order of insects include sawflies, horntails, wood wasps, ensign wasps, Ichneumonids, fairyflies, fig wasps, chalcids, gall wasps, cuckoo wasps, yellow-faced bees, sweat bees, leafcutter bees, carpenter bees, honey bees, bumble bees, orchid bees, velvet ants, spider wasps, paper wasps, yellow jackets, hornets, mud-dauber wasps and ants.

Giant Hunting Ant Dinoponera grandis Hymenoptera Formicidae These giant hunting ants are a formidable sight with an even more formidable sting. This one is carrying a twig in its massive jaws. Various Amazonian tribes use these hunting ants in puberty ceremonies. Numerous ants are weaved into a wicker framework and their stinging abdomens are pressed into the chests of those participating. The smaller of two similar hunting ant species named Panaponera clavata indeed produces a horrific sting. View the Index of Orders View Complete Photo List Ants, Bees & Wasps Butterflies & Moths Flies Beetles Lacewings & Antlions Leafhoppers & Cicadas True Bugs Cockroaches Praying Mantids Grasshoppers, Crickets Walking Sticks Dragonflies & Damselflies Mayflies Non-Insects