Ammophila sabulosa
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ammophila-sabulosa-305-2342669
title:
Ammophila sabulosa
text:
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 pr
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Species of wasp
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammophila_sabulosa
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date modified:
2023-12-14T17:09:35Z
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