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Common thread-waisted wasp, Ammophila procera Common thread-waisted wasp, Ammophila procera. Ammophila procera, the common thread-waisted wasp, is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. It is a common species, found in southern Canada, the United States, and Mexico, and south to Central America. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Ammophila species are sometimes referred to as "thread-waisted wasps", but the name is not definitive, because many other members of the family Sphecidae are thread-waisted and referred to as such. Sometimes Ammophiline wasps are referred to as "sand wasps"; this is consistent with the name Ammophila , which derives from the Greek for "sand ...
The Sphecidae are a cosmopolitan family of wasps of the suborder Apocrita that includes sand wasps, mud daubers, and other thread-waisted wasps. The name Sphecidae was formerly given to a much larger grouping of wasps. This was found to be paraphyletic, so most of the old subfamilies have been moved to the Crabronidae.
Chalybion zimmermanni, known generally as the Zimmermann's mud wasp or blue mud dauber wasp, is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Eremnophila aureonotata, also known as the gold-marked thread-waisted wasp, is a species in the family Sphecidae ("thread-waisted wasps"), in the order Hymenoptera ("ants, bees, wasps and sawflies").
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Ammophila aberti is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. [1] ... While digging, the wasp emits a buzz that can be heard from over four meters ...
Sphex lucae is a species of thread-waisted wasp in the family Sphecidae. [1] [2] [3] [4] Sphex lucae is predominantly found in western North America, [5] but ...