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Ammophila w/prey - Ammophila pictipennis - female
Copyright © 2006 Ray Simpson

Ammophila w/prey - Ammophila pictipennis - Female
Myrtle Beach, Horry County, South Carolina, USA
May 25, 2006
This guy/gal was dragging a big caterpillar across the ground for a good distance... I never did find out where it was going... I assume its burrow. These must go long distances with their prey! I know this is an Ammophila wasp but not the species... does the prey type help or do they all prey on cats?

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Contributed by Ray Simpson on 25 May, 2006 - 9:17pm
Last updated 13 June, 2007 - 7:23pm

Moved
Moved from Ammophila.
… Eric R. Eaton, 13 June, 2007 - 7:23pm login or register to post comments

Ammophila
I still think that in SC the only orange-winged Ammophila will be pictipes.
… Herschel Raney, 25 May, 2006 - 9:55pm login or register to post comments

 
you mean A. pictipennis
not pictipes, right?

looks like pictipennis
… John S. Ascher, 4 October, 2006 - 5:41pm login or register to post comments

ID, I dunno. But at least
ID, I dunno.
But at least now I know why these have long rear legs!
-Sean McCann


triatoma.blogspot.com
… Sean McCann, 25 May, 2006 - 9:26pm login or register to post comments

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