Animalia > Arthropoda > Insecta > Hymenoptera > Sphecidae > Ammophila > Ammophila sabulosaAmmophila sabulosaSynonyms: Ammophila cyanescens; Ammophila mucronata; Ammophila pulvillata; Ammophila sabulosa cyanescens; Ammophila sabulosa kamtschatica; Ammophila sabulosa sabulosa; Ammophila vischu; Ammophila vulgaris (heterotypic); Ichneumon frischii; Podalonia sabulosa; Psammophila sabulosa; Sphex dimidiatus (heterotypic); Sphex hortensis; Sphex mucronatus; Sphex sabulosus (homotypic) Ammophila sabulosa, the red-banded sand wasp, is a species of the subfamily Ammophilinae of the hunting wasp family Sphecidae. Found in northern Europe, the wasp is notable for the mass provisioning behaviour of the females, hunting caterpillars mainly on sunny days, paralysing them with a sting, and burying them in a burrow with a single egg. The species is also remarkable for the extent to which females parasitise their own species, either stealing prey from nests of other females to provision their own nests, or in brood parasitism, removing the other female's egg and laying one of her own instead. |
Name |
IUCN Category |
Area acres |
Location |
Species |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
Avon Gorge Woodlands |
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376 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Braunton Burrows |
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3328 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Breckland |
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18652 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay and Estuaries/ Bae Caerfyrddin ac Aberoedd |
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163340 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Carmarthen Bay Dunes/ Twyni Bae Caerfyrddin |
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2981 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Dawlish Warren |
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145 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths |
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14161 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Dorset Heaths (Purbeck and Wareham) and Studland Dunes |
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5491 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Humber Estuary |
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90582 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Isle of Portland to Studland Cliffs |
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3577 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lands End and Cape Bank |
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74557 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Limestone Coast of South West Wales/ Arfordir Calchfaen de Orllewin Cymru |
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3940 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Lizard Point |
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34565 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lower Derwent Valley |
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2263 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Lyme Bay and Torbay |
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77215 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Moray Firth |
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373987 |
Scotland, United Kingdom |
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North Norfolk Coast |
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7926 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Pembrokeshire Marine/ Sir Benfro Forol |
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341177 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Pen Llyn a`r Sarnau/ Lleyn Peninsula and the Sarnau |
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360832 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Roydon Common and Dersingham Bog |
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869 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Sefton Coast |
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11278 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Severn Estuary/ Môr Hafren |
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182155 |
England/Wales, United Kingdom |
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Sidmouth to West Bay |
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2217 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Solent Maritime |
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27985 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Devon Shore Dock |
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843 |
England, United Kingdom |
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South Wight Maritime |
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49082 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Start Point to Plymouth Sound & Eddystone |
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84204 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Strensall Common |
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1408 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Broads |
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14554 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Lizard |
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8048 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The New Forest |
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72309 |
England, United Kingdom |
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The Wash and North Norfolk Coast |
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266284 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thorne Moor |
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4718 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Thursley, Ash, Pirbright and Chobham |
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12696 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Woolmer Forest |
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1647 |
England, United Kingdom |
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Y Twyni o Abermenai i Aberffraw/ Abermenai to Aberffraw Dunes |
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4623 |
Wales, United Kingdom |
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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