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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and other Stinging Wasps » Apoid Wasps (Apoidea)- traditional Sphecidae » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Ammophila
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Sphecid Wasp, Genus Ammophila - Ammophila - female
Copyright © 2008 Stuart Wilson

Sphecid Wasp, Genus Ammophila - Ammophila - Female
Anza-Borrego State Park, California, USA
March 19, 2008
I photographed this wasp in Palm Canyon, just after sunrise. The morning was cool and the wasp was still sleeping. I think I have it identified to Genus, can anyone help me with the species?
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Contributed by Stuart Wilson on 6 December, 2008 - 4:26pm
Last updated 8 December, 2008 - 8:09am

Yes, Ammophila
species id difficult though due to large # of species in the genus..don't know whether we have an expert here...
… Tim Loh, 6 December, 2008 - 6:07pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks, Tim. I'll hope for t
Thanks, Tim. I'll hope for the expert, Calif. does seem too have a lot of Ammophilas.
… Stuart Wilson, 6 December, 2008 - 6:16pm login or register to post comments

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What an interesting pose! Is that really how they sleep? Its' pose looks like an animal dying from a fungus.
… Matt Edmonds, 6 December, 2008 - 4:33pm login or register to post comments

 
Sleep Pose
Yes, I have seen other hymenopterans sleep like this. I photographed some solitary bees, possibly squash bees, that hang from their mandibles with their legs tucked up.
… Stuart Wilson, 6 December, 2008 - 6:12pm login or register to post comments

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