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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps » Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae) » Ammophilinae » Ammophila » Ammophila procera

Species Ammophila procera

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Thread-Waisted Wasp - Ammophila procera - male

Ammophila nigricans? - Ammophila procera

Flying in and out of burrow - Ammophila procera

Ammophila procera Wasp - Ammophila procera - male

Ammophila procera ? - Ammophila procera - male

Ammophila procera or similar? thread-waisted wasp - Ammophila procera - female

Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)

No Taxon (Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps)

No Taxon (Apoidea sans Anthophila – Apoid Wasps)

Family Sphecidae (Thread-waisted Wasps)

Subfamily Ammophilinae

Genus Ammophila

Species procera (Ammophila procera)

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ammophila procera Dahlbom, 1843

Size

25-38 mm

Identification

A. procera is a widespread and common species in eastern North America. It has fairly distinctive, bold silver dashes (front-most interrupted) on the thorax, and is one of the largest members of the genus. However, certain identification as to species is probably not plausible based on photographs.

An example of what is probably A. procera:

Range

Widespread in North America

Habitat

Varied. Often seen on flowers.

Season

June-October, mostly July-August (Michigan). May-October (North Carolina)

Food

Adults take nectar.

Life Cycle

Provisions nest with sawfly or lepidopteran caterpillars.

See Also

Other Ammophila species.

Print References

Salsbury, pp. 284-285, has photo of A. procera and description. (1)

Internet References

Insects of Cedar Creek

Clemson Univ.

Univ. Florida--brief life history

Sphecid Wasps of Michigan

Dick Walton Natural History Services. Video of wasp digging nest

Works Cited

1.	Insects in Kansas Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White. 2000. Kansas Dept. of Agriculture.

Contributed by Cotinis on 11 February, 2005 - 4:30pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset
Last updated 5 September, 2020 - 10:11am

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