The red-footed slender-waisted wasp is a subfamily of the arthropod phylum Insect membrane-winged bee total mud bee family.
The red-footed thin-waisted bee is about 28 mm long. Members of the genus Slender-waisted bees have a very thin waist between the thorax and abdomen; the females have large jaws that are far more developed than those of males. This species is characterized by the reddish-brown legs and shin segments of each foot.
Male red-footed slender-waisted bees fly low in groups over sandy breeding grounds in the summer, looking for females who have just feathered out of the hole. The females dig burrows in the sandy ground and catch the ants into the burrows as food for the larvae.
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