There are nearly 1 million insect species that can be found across the globe, according to the Smithsonian. With this many creepy crawlers roaming around, there's a chance some can be in your backyard ...

Appearance: About 3/8 inch in length. Black or dark brown head and body with pale bands on abdomen. Fuzzy, rusty-orange colored hind legs. (H. rubicundus is one of 4,500 sweat bee species worldwide.

Sweat bees nest in the ground in either small colonies consisting of a queen and workers, or alone. Researchers compared the genes of social versus nonsocial bees to find correlations between genes ...