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Ammophila sp. - Ammophila
Copyright © 2005 Bruce Marlin

Ammophila sp. - Ammophila
DuPage County, Illinois, USA
August 14, 2005
Size: 25mm
I'm hoping someone can confirm this as Ammophila procera. Large (1800x1100) photo available here: Ammophila
if you would like to check out perhaps some smaller details. Thanks for any help.
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Contributed by Bruce Marlin on 16 August, 2005 - 10:08am
Last updated 10 September, 2005 - 3:48pm

looks like procera
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… John S. Ascher, 4 October, 2006 - 5:38pm login or register to post comments

Sleeping Pose.
Will be very hard to determine the species, but this is an excellent image of Ammophila sleeping behavior. They adopt this pose at about dusk, often gathering in loose (sometimes tight) aggregations on dead twigs and stems near the ground, and spend the night that way. I once found a cluster I mistook for some kind of flower:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 16 August, 2005 - 11:43am login or register to post comments

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