# Hymenoptera front

- By: Richard Bartz, Munich Makro Freak
- Date: 2007-06-07
- Classification: Photograph
- Museum: [Wikimedia Commons](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hymenoptera_front.jpg)
- Rights: [CC BY-SA 2.5](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)
- Picture: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Hymenoptera_front.jpg
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Description: A digger wasp (Ectemnius lapidarius).Hymenoptera (Hi-men-op-tura) is one of the larger orders of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants. The name refers to the membranous wings of the insects, and is derived from the Ancient Greek ὑμήν (humẽn): membrane and πτερόν (pteron): wing. The hindwings are connected to the forewings by a series of hooks called hamuli.