Life On A Quarter Acre

Genus Ammophila (Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)

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Ammophila sp.

Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)

Ammophila sp.
~17 mm
Ammophila sp.
This wasp spent ten minutes or so digging a burrow in the sand. Then she spent a minute or two covering the entrance with large boulders (some with diameters greater than t the length of her thorax). After she was finished there was no trace of her n ...
Ammophila sp.