Common thread-waisted wasp

Description:

Common Thread Waisted Wasp. This wasp is a relative of the mud daubers. It has an incredibly thin waist, hence its name. It immobilizes its prey with a swift sting and then drags its victim back to its underground lair. Its burrow is built in loose dirt with tunnels or cells excavated and the paralyzed prey is stored for later consumption by its larvae. One egg is laid on the paralyzed prey. After the egg hatches the larvae will consume the paralyzed victim until it matures and then will fly away from the nest.

Habitat:

It appears that this common thread-waisted wasp was going in and out of its burrow on a dirt path at Kinder Farm County Park in Millersville, Maryland.