Ammophila Thread-waisted Wasps
Ammophila
Summary 2
Ammophila is the type genus of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae. They sometimes are referred to as "Thread-waisted wasps", but the name is not definitive, because many other members of the Sphecidae are thread-waisted too, and referred to as such. Sometimes Ammophiline wasps are referred to as "sand wasps"; this may be better because it is consistent with the name Ammophila, which derives from the Greek for "sand lover", presumably because many...
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