Order Hymenoptera
- Four membranous wings with the hind wings smaller than the fore wings.
- The hinds wings have a row of hooks on their anterior margin by which the hind wing attaches to a fold on the posterior edge of the front wings.
- Primarily chewing type mouthparts except for the bees where the labium and maxillae form a tonguelike structure through which liquid food is taken.
- Antennae with 10 or more segments.
- Ovipositor well developed and sometimes modified into a sting (females).
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