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Thread-waisted Wasp with Prey
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# Title Thread-waisted Wasp with Prey Description A female Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila procera) drags a paralyzed caterpillar over a concrete structure. She momentarily left the caterpillar on the structure and flew to her burrow a few meters away to memorize the distance and direction. She then flew back to retrieve the caterpillar, dragging it down the concrete structure then over the ground directly to the burrow. Location and Date Illinois Beach State Park Zion, Illinois, USA 7/18/17 (Note: pre-2000 dates are approximate) Credit Mark Swanson/Swanson Media Camera/Source Nikon D500 DSLR Lens AF-S VR Micro-Nikkor 105mm f/2.8G IF-ED Model/property releases available? Not applicable/Not applicable Keywords Thread-waisted Wasp (Ammophila procera), Thread-waisted Wasps (Ammophila spp.), Thread-waisted Wasps (Sphecidae), Hymenoptera, Class Insecta (Insects), Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods), Kingdom Animalia (Animals), provisioning |
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