![Broken-belted Bumblebee Bombus soroeensis](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Broken-belted Bumblebee Bombus soroeensis
Broken-belted male bumblebee in flight. Illustration for Swedish packaging company
![Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
Red-tailed bumblebee Bombus lapidarius worker showing orange abdominal segments
![Hairy wood ant Formica lugubris](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Hairy wood ant Formica lugubris
Hairy wood ant Formica lugubris, showing species-specific long hairs. These reach up to and beyond the eyes.
![Slave making or Blood red wood ant Formica sanguinea](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Slave making or Blood red wood ant Formica sanguinea
Slave making or Blood red wood ant Formica sanguinea. These wood ants are far redder than the other wood ant species.
![Worker ant Formica aquilonia Scottish wood ant](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Worker ant Formica aquilonia Scottish wood ant
Worker ant F. aquilonia Scottish wood ant, in profile. Workers are all haplodiploid, sharing much of their genetic material with their mother, the queen. This supports their eusocial colonies.
![Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria
Sabre wasp Rhyssa persuasoria using her long ovipositor to lay an egg with her long terminal cerci pointing upwards
![White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum life cycle](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum life cycle
White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum life cycle showing adult feeding, underground nest, feeding on thistle, feeding on foxglove, egg, emerging from egg,
![Honey bee Apis mellifera 2](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Honey bee Apis mellifera 2
Honey bee Apis mellifera detailed illustration of the worker
![White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
White tailed bumblebee Bombus lucorum
White tailed bumble bee Bombus lucorum showing fluffy hairs and stripes, wings outstretched, cut to white
![Broken-belted bumble bee Bombus soroeensis 2](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Broken-belted bumble bee Bombus soroeensis 2
Broken-belted bumble bee Bombus soroeensis, showing the bumble bee in flight, male bee
![Oxeye daisy with Buff-tailed bumblebee](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Oxeye daisy with Buff-tailed bumblebee
Oxeye daisy Leucanthemum vulgare & buff-tailed bumblebee Bombus terrestris
![Cornflower with Red-tailed Bumblebee](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Cornflower with Red-tailed Bumblebee
Cornflowers Centaurea cyanus in a meadow with Red-tailed Bumblebee Bombus lapidarius
![Wasps and bees hibernating in cracks in an old wall](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Wasps and bees hibernating in cracks in an old wall
Wasps and bees hibernating in cracks in an old wall, showing common UK bee and social wasp species in the mortar of a church wall
![Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Garden Bumblebee Bombus hortorum
Garden bumblebee cut to white showing markings and shaggy long hair
![Orchid bee Euglossa cybelia](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Orchid bee Euglossa cybelia
Orchid bee Euglossa cybelia with Cycnoches guttulatum orchid. Illustration from “The Hidden Universe” by Alexandre Antonelli
![Cycnoches guttulatum orchid with Euglossa cybelia orchid bee](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Cycnoches guttulatum orchid with Euglossa cybelia orchid bee
Cycnoches guttulatum orchid with species specific pollinator Euglossa cybelia orchid bee. Illustration from The Hidden Universe: Adventures in Biodiversity by Alexandre Antonelli
![Soldier Termite](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Soldier Termite
Soldier Termite, generic image of this isopteran Illustration from “30 Animals that made us smarter” by Patrick Ayree (BBC Books).
![Trapdoor jaw ant Odontomachus bauri head](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Trapdoor jaw ant Odontomachus bauri head
Trapdoor jaw ant Odontomachus bauri head showing mandibles with trigger hairs From “30 Animsl that made us Smarter” by Patrick Aryee (BBC Books)
![Wood ant nest](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Wood ant nest
Wood ant nest. This nest belongs to the Southern red wood ant, Formica rufa. Wood ant nests do differ between species, although it can be hard to tell them apart.
![Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant
Nest and budded smaller nest of wood ant. This budding often happens with wood ant species.
![Mating Formica rufa Southern Red wood ant queen and male](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Mating Formica rufa Southern Red wood ant queen and male
Mating during nuptial flight Formica rufa Southern Red wood ant queen and male
![Narrow headed ant Formica exsecta](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Narrow headed ant Formica exsecta
Worker caste of the Narrow headed ant Formica exsecta. This species have curved backs to their heads.
![Slender ant Leptothorax acervorum](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Slender ant Leptothorax acervorum
Slender ant Leptothorax acervorum worker. This ant is only 3mm, and although similar to the Shining Guest ant, has a darker and less smooth head.
![Scottish wood ant Formica aquilonia](https://lizzieharper.co.uk/wp-content/themes/lizzie/images/px.jpg)
Scottish wood ant Formica aquilonia
Scottish wood ant Formica aquilonia worker. These ants are only modestly hairy.