About an inch long
very large black wasp, two the same size at peak
Birch sawfly, picked up off the dirt road for Muckross State Park.
Large, apparently stingless bee; all black with 3 small yellow dots along each side of its abdomen. Wings transparent with dark markings alont the outer tips. Slowly crawled along the ground, wings closed. Climbed onto my hand, continuing to move very slowly. Pumped its abdomen up and down slightly several times, then spread its wings and flew away. Had this been a newly emerged bee??
River Road, Victory, VT; 2017.07.15