Hunting wasp (Ammophila zanthoptera)

Hunting wasp (Ammophila zanthoptera) adult with forage looper prey
Photograph by Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org. Some rights reserved. (view image details)

HUNTING WASP FACTS

Classification

Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Sphecidae
Genus:	Ammophila
Species:	zanthoptera
Common Name:	Hunting wasp

Relatives in same Genus
Sphecid wasp (A. pictipennis)

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