
Ammophila
Thread-waisted Sand Wasps
As recorded: Ammophila Host
Plantae › Tracheophyta › Liliopsida › Poales › Poaceae
- Collected by
- St.John, H.
- Collector number
- 1137
- Date
- August 18, 1913
- Locality
- Nova Scotia, Sable Island
- Region
- Canada
- Coordinates
- 43.9833, -59.7833
- Record type
- Preserved specimen
Where it was collected
Collected the same day
On August 18, 1913, St.John, H. also collected 3 other specimens.
Still here: Ammophila observed near this locality
This specimen was collected in 1913. Since 2000, iNaturalist observers have recorded 14 research-grade sightings in the wild within 25 km, most recently on 2024-07-08.

2024-07-08
Sable Island National Park Reserve, Beaver Lake 17, NS, CA
(c) Ruth Greuel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-07-02
Sable Island National Park Reserve, Beaver Lake 17, NS, CA
(c) Cody Chapman, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2024-04-28
Little Dover, NS B0H 1V0, Canada
(c) kristinap11, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-11-12
Halifax Regional Municipality, NS, Canada
(c) MFarn, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-08-19
Sable Island National Park Reserve, Beaver Lake 17, NS, CA
(c) Ruth Greuel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

2023-06-06
Sable Island, Fishermans Harbour, NS B0J 1M0, Canada
(c) georgewoodhouse, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Observations and photos from iNaturalist, shown only when openly licensed.
Cite this specimen
Ammophila. BISH 655381. Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum, Honolulu. GBIF occurrence 5956657251. Accessed via explore.bishopmuseum.org/specimens/bish/655381.
Record sources
- GBIF occurrence 5956657251 ↗
- Data license: CC_BY_NC_4_0
- Last harvested October 26, 2026
