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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
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Thread-waisted Wasp - Ammophila procera
Copyright © 2007 Lee Ruth

Thread-waisted Wasp - Ammophila procera
Cass County, Texas, USA
November 13, 2007
Size: 26 mm
I believe this is "Ammophila procera".
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Contributed by Lee Ruth on 15 November, 2007 - 1:12pm

Female
6 abdominal segments = ♀
… Bob Biagi, 20 August, 2015 - 9:22am login or register to post comments

i just found one of these in
i just found one of these in my yard. I found them very intresting and wanted to know what they are, thanks.
… judgegavel, 17 October, 2010 - 2:50pm login or register to post comments

not procera
note lack of strong silver bars on thorax
… John S. Ascher, 26 August, 2008 - 1:05pm login or register to post comments

Maybe.
Believing doesn't always make it so:-) This is a really tough genus to get 'mere' images to species. I would agree this one is at least in the procera "species group," due to the rugose sculpturing on the thorax, but would hesitate to assign a species, especially in Texas. Very fine shot, though.
… Eric R. Eaton, 15 November, 2007 - 2:53pm login or register to post comments

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