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Kahunge, Kamwenge, Uganda
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Mukono, Uganda
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Mukono, Uganda
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Mukono, Uganda
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Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
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Humbie, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Female. Photograph by Koorosh Mccormack.
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Les Bulles, Luxemburg, Belgium
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Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga, South Africa
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Mpumalanga, South Africa
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These sand wasps need a lot of sand. In the park people do all sorts of sports a keep growth scarce. Bembix rostrata digs a 10cm diagonal duct (leading to the nesting chamber) and that very quickly with synchronized movements of their forelegs. The prey are flies of different sizes (here a big Syrphid I guess) that are fed to the larvae- sometimes up to 50 per larva - After every visit to the nest the opening is carefully closed i.e. pawed shut [Heiko Bellmann, 1999, translated].Phylum: Arthropoda (artrhropods, Gliederfer)Subphylum: HexapodaClass: Insecta (insects, Insekten)Subclass: PterygotaOrder: Hymenoptera (Hautflgler)Suborder: Apocrita (wasps, bees & ants; Taillenwespen)Superfamily: Apoidea (Bienen & Grabwespen)Family: Crabronidae LATREILLE, 1802 (kind of sand wasps, eine Familie der Sandwespen)Subfamily: BembicinaeGenus: Bembix (Kreiselwespe)Bembix rostrata FABRICIUS, 1781 (Geschnbelte Kreiselwespe)NE-Germany, Berlin: Hasenheide (parc), 11.08.2012 IMG_1948
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Basse-Normandie, France
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FemaleUnited KingdomPhotograph by Koorosh McCormack
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Juno Beach, Florida, United States
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North Palm Beach, Florida, United States
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Juno Beach, Florida, United States
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Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
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Ipswich, England, United Kingdom
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO729470
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Cradley, Malvern Worcs. SO729470
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347
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Cradley, Malvern, Worcs. SO7347