Red Banded Sand Wasp
Ammophila sabulosa
Classification
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Hymenoptera
- Family
- Sphecidae
Ammophila sabulosa, l'ammophile des sables, est une espèce d'insectes hyménoptères de la famille des Sphecidae. Cette espèce se rencontre dans toute l'Europe, en Asie du Nord, en Asie centrale et en Afrique du Nord. Cette guêpe fouisseuse est très présente en France.
Ammophila sabulosa, the red-banded sand wasp, is a species of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the solitary hunting wasp family Sphecidae, also called digger wasps. Found across Eurasia, the parasitoid wasp is notable for the mass provisioning behaviour of the females, hunting caterpillars mainly on sunny days, paralysing them with a sting, and burying them in a burrow with a single egg. The species is also remarkable for the extent to which females parasitise their own species, either stealing prey from nests of other females to provision their own nests, or in brood parasitism, removing the…
La avispa excavadora asiática o avispa de arena común (Ammophila sabulosa) es una especie de avispa perteneciente a la familia de los esfécidos. Está distribuida ampliamente en Eurasia. Descripción La avispa excavadora asiática mide entre 15-25 milímetros de longitud y es una especie solitaria y parasitadora de otros insectos.
Distribution
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