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Thread-waisted Wasp
Ammophila ferrgineipes
-25.8333, 28.2905
Field Notes
Description:
Identification: Medium-sized (body length 19-28 mm), slender, with very long waist at least twice as long as rest of abdomen. Mostly black, with some red markings on thorax and more-or-less red basal half of abdomen. Comb-like sand rakes on fore tarsi. Wings clear.
Habitat:
Widespread in areas with bare sandy soil.
Notes:
Biology: Females hunt caterpillars among foliage. These are carried, usually in flight, to pre-prepared, single-celled nests dug in the soil Several prey are provided per nest.
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