![IMG_7050](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_70501.jpg)
Bombus vosnesenskii, probably the most common bumblebee in Vancouver.
Here are a series of images I shot during the course of a summer day in Vancouver. All are hymenopterans, which, in addition to being tasty, are of course the best insects out there.
![IMG_7045](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7045.jpg)
A nest I uncovered of Myrmica specioides, a recent introduction on the West Coast.
![IMG_7101](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7101.jpg)
A big Megachilid.
![IMG_7154](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7154.jpg)
Myrmica rubra against the sky (bribed with a bit of honey).
![IMG_7182](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7182.jpg)
I have always wanted to get a shot of one of these chrysidid beauties. I believe it is Pseudomalus auratus.
![IMG_7221](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7221.jpg)
A gorgeous Philanthus beewolf, showing just how much they really do love flowers.
![IMG_7266](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7266.jpg)
A queen and workers of Myrmica rubra, the European Fire Ant.
![IMG_7280](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7280.jpg)
Myrmica rubra tending aphids, a few of which appear to be mummies.
![IMG_7301](http://ibycter.mango.mikeboers.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/img_7301.jpg)
Ammophila wasps at sunset, shot with the 300 mm lens.
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