Southern sand wasp
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Southern sand wasp ( Ammophila heydeni ) mating |
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The southern sand wasp ( Ammophila heydeni ) is a hymenoptera from the Sphecidae family . The species is not endangered.
features
The wasp reaches a body length of 13 to 19 millimeters. It differs well from the other sand wasps by its red colored front and middle pairs of legs and by a strongly silvery shining thorax . The abdomen is colored red one segment further back compared to the related species.
Occurrence
The species is common in the Mediterranean area. Their distribution extends north to Valais and Lower Austria . It prefers very temperature-favored and slightly overgrown sandy habitats. The animals fly from June to September.
Way of life
The southern sand wasp resembles the three-phase sand wasp ( Ammophila pubescens ) in its way of life and also mainly supplies its brood with caterpillars of spiders (Geometridae). Even after hatching, the wasp larvae are still supplied with caterpillars by the female.
supporting documents
literature
- Heiko Bellmann : bees, wasps, ants. Hymenoptera of Central Europe . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-09690-4 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Heiko Bellmann : Bees, wasps, ants. Hymenoptera of Central Europe . Franckh-Kosmos Verlags-GmbH & Co KG, Stuttgart 1995, ISBN 3-440-09690-4 , p. 164.
