Hymenoptera

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Common Name: bees, ants, wasps, sawflies

 

Order Name Means: "marriage wing"

 

Neopterous, Endopterygote

 

Fore and hind wings coupled with hooks

 

Petiole waisted between thorax and abdomen

 

Social insect with castes and brood care

 

Stinger on last abdominal segment