Heath sand wasp ~Ammophila pubescens
Very hard to tell apart from the Red-banded sand wasp. The easy diagnostic is the third submarginal cell of the forewing is petiolate (branched/stalked)... and no bluish tinge on the tail. (See in comments below.)
This girl was just starting to backfill her burrow, but she was already too late, the damage was done, a Kleptoparasitic fly had managed to lay eggs in there… See next frame.
Heath sand wasp ~Ammophila pubescens
Very hard to tell apart from the Red-banded sand wasp. The easy diagnostic is the third submarginal cell of the forewing is petiolate (branched/stalked)... and no bluish tinge on the tail. (See in comments below.)
This girl was just starting to backfill her burrow, but she was already too late, the damage was done, a Kleptoparasitic fly had managed to lay eggs in there… See next frame.