Thread Wasted Wasp

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The incredibly thin 'waist' on this wasp led to its name.

 

Adults feed on flower nectar, but larvae are parasitic.

 

Females use their paralyzing sting to disable caterpillars and other insects. These unfortunate victims are then brought to an underground burrow (previously dug out by the female) to become food for the wasp's larva.

 

Category: Bee, Ant, Wasp and Similar

Common name: Common Thread Waisted Wasp

Scientific Name: Ammophila procera

Taxonomy:

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylym: Arthropoda

Class: Insecta

Order: Hymenoptera

Family: Sphecidae

Genus: Ammophila

Species: procera

 

Adult Size (Length): 16mm to 55mm (0.63in to 2.17in) [ COMPARE ]

 

Identifying Colors: black; yellow; orange; red

 

General Description:

 

 

North American Reach (Though Not Limited To*): Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Delaware, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington, Montana

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