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Red-belted Sand Wasp

Ammophila sabulosa

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 733, February 542, March 849, April 1,335, May 1,925, June 2,099, July 2,246, August 1,931, September 1,418, October 1,058, November 578, December 452.
United States15,167
Alaska15,166
Germany152
Russia59
France52
Poland51
United Kingdom39
England38
Finland38
Denmark36

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Practical

  • StingingCan deliver a painful stingFrom its classification

Group and habits

  • Animal pollinatorDescends from an animal lineage whose members commonly pollinate flowers.Inferred from its group

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyThread-waisted Wasps · Sphecidae
GenusThread-waisted Sand Wasps · Ammophila

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