This is a female Ammophila wasp. She is carrying a caterpillar to her underground nest. She will drag it underground, paralyzed, but not dead, and lay eggs on it. Her babies will hatch out and eat the caterpillar. The resulting wasps then dig their way out of the underground nest.
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