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Ammophila wasp. Mostly red with black eyes and some parts of the abdomen and legs.
Semi desert.
Spotted on Mar 17, 2014
Submitted on May 15, 2014
2 Comments
Thank you John La Salle for the ID and the links.
Hi Luis
This is a Sphecidae - not Ichneumonidae.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sphecidae
I don't know the genera very well - but might be something like Ammophila
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ammophila_(...)
Problem is that there may be other things that look quite similar.