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 w
Male showing black spots on the first two tergites
Ammophila sabulosa carrying a caterpillar to provision a nest
Mass provisioning is a form of parental investment in which an adult insect, most commonly a hymenopteran such as a bee or wasp, stocks all the food for each of her offspring in a small chamber before
A spider wasp (Pompilidae) dragging a jumping spider (Salticidae) to provision her nest