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Ammophila pictipennis
All-black and red body (no silver markings on side of thorax), and orange wings are distinctive for this part of the U.S.
Open field with grasses, yucca, sunflower, prickly-pear cacti, and scattered elm trees.
This wasp is settling down to "sleep" in the characteristic posture of this genus of wasps.
Spotted on Sep 16, 2012
Submitted on Dec 21, 2012
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