Life on a Quarter Acre

Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)

1 Sep 2024
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Associated Species: Satureja montana (Winter Savory)

Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)

24 Aug 2019
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~17 mm

Ammophila sp.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)

8 Aug 2019
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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.
(Thread-waisted Sand Wasps)

13 Sep 2018
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BugGuide ID

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    [so_id] => 1
    [io_id] => 1
    [supf_id] => 13
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