Patricia Simpson (she/her)Vegetation Technician, Great Basin Institute@Cabrillo National Monument Move over Barbie, there is another thin-waisted beauty in town and she is stunning! Meet the Thread-waisted Sand Wasp (genus Ammophila), a fairly common solitary wasp who hunts caterpillars! They are many species of Ammophila wasps in North America: over 60. Species, however, are very difficult to tell apart from one another, requiring microscopic studies or even … Continue reading Creature Feature – Thread-waisted Sand Wasp