| Podalonia hirsuta | |
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| Podalonia hirsuta . Museum specimen | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Hymenoptera |
| Family: | Sphecidae |
| Genus: | Podalonia |
| Species: | P. hirsuta |
| Binomial name | |
| Podalonia hirsuta (Scopoli, 1763) | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Podalonia hirsuta is a species of parasitoidal wasps in the family Sphecidae. [2] [3]
Podalonia hirsuta is similar to the sand wasps ( Ammophila ). It has a big black head, a black thorax, with a threadlike waist ( petiole ). The abdomen is black with a red-orange large band.
The females make their nests digging a burrow in a sandy area. The preys are generally large, hairless caterpillars of moths (Noctuidae). In the paralysed caterpillars they lay their eggs. [4]
Flight period extends from late March to mid-September in females, while males fly from June to September. [4]
This species is present in most of Europe. [5] This mainly coastal species commonly can be found in sandy soils. [4]
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