Bug Eric

Here in Colorado Springs on July 16, 2013 I had the good fortune of encountering an adult female thread-waisted wasp, Ammophila procera , lu...

A friend recently asked if I might be able to identify a wasp from images taken by a third person. That person, Jeffry B. Mitton, was then ...

One of the most common, and most handsome members of the genus Ammophila east of the Rockies (and south to Mexico City) is A. pictipennis ....

I am declaring November as “ Ammophila Month,” with the postings on Wednesdays dedicated to different species of this diverse genus of thre...