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Scarab Hunter is Double Banded Scoliid
Subject: Megascolia maculata, mammoth wasp in Ontario? August 15, 2014 5:18 pm Hello, Is there a subspecies of Megascolia maculata, not cicada killer, known to live in Eastern Ontario? Will send photos...
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Double Banded Scoliid
Subject: Wasp-like Insect Location: Central Alabama August 20, 2014 12:45 pm Hello. Recently have seen several of these around, esp. near my flowering mint plants. Not sure what they are. I suspect...
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Blue Winged Wasp
Subject: wasp? Location: ohio August 31, 2014 5:42 am Do wasps collect nectar? Signature: kelley Blue Winged Wasp Dear Kelley, This is a Blue Winged Wasp or Digger Wasp, Scolia dubia, and like many...
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Double Banded Scoliid
Subject: Identification Needed! Location: Georgia December 1, 2014 7:56 pm Hi! I am trying to identify numerous insects for an entomology course. My project is due in two days so I am desperate to...
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Blue Flower Wasp from South Australia
Subject: Black wasp with yellow head Location: Naracoorte SA December 26, 2014 7:41 pm Hi Mr Bugman, if love your help please! I’ve just been bitten or stung (several times it would appear!) by this...
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Scarab Hunter Wasp: Triscolia ardens
Subject: Wasp identification Location: Vail, az June 30, 2015 10:02 pm Hello, On a hot and sunny tucson summer day I found this curiosity burrowed in my grass, apparently trying to keep cool. I know...
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Scarab Hunter Wasp
Subject: What’s this insect? Location: Homosassa, Florida, United States July 5, 2015 9:52 am I live in the United States (Florida. I found this wasp floating in my swimming pool skimmer the other day....
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Digger Wasp
Subject: Wasp Location: Pennsylvania August 19, 2015 1:51 pm We have these wasp in our yard think they have a nest underground how do we know for sure and get rid of it Signature: Sharon Digger Wasp...
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Digger Wasp
Subject: What is this Location: Hardyville Kentucky August 19, 2015 6:43 pm These have been gathering in my backyard in the mornings. Seems that they are after the dew on the grass. I first thought...
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Fear of the Digger Wasp: Real or Irrational?
Subject: Digger Wasp? Dangerous? Location: Orange, Essex County, NJ August 25, 2015 10:38 am Here are a few pix of this multi-colored wasp-like/-looking thing in my front garden. This is a pic of the...
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Flower Wasp from Jamaica
Subject: Beautiful blue/black wasp Location: Jamaica November 29, 2015 9:58 pm This looks like a Blue Flower Wasp (Scolia soror) which is native to Australia but I’m not sure because I saw it in...
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Flower Wasp from Australia
Subject: Flower Wasp ID? Location: Blyth, SA December 25, 2015 8:13 pm Can you a specific ID for this wasp. Just turned up 130km north of Adelaide – about 8 of them. Dec 2015. Thanks for your help....
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Mammoth Wasp from Spain
Subject: what is this bug ? Location: valencia Spain June 17, 2016 6:38 am I found this morning on pepples in our garden …it is dead….it measures 5 cms.. its has a black body , prominent yellow...
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Mammoth Wasp from Portugal
Subject: Scoliid wasp? Location: Salir, Algarve, Portugal July 28, 2016 9:56 am I spotted this huge specimen in my garden in the Algarve, Portugal. It was quite docile and tried to hide underneath my...
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Scarab Hunter Wasp
Subject: Walking in Florida Pine Woods Location: Near US 1 and Old Kings Road August 8, 2016 12:58 pm Hi, I took a photo of this insect on a trail in Flagler County Florida yesterday, Aug 7, late in...
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Female Scarab Hunter Wasp in Mount Washington
Scarab Hunter Wasp Subject: Female Scarab Hunter Wasp Location: Mount Washington, Los Angeles, California August 18, 2016 9:30 AM Just as we were leaving the office today to gawk at the guerilla art...
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Mammoth Wasp from Singapore
Subject: Ant or Wasp? Location: Singapore October 12, 2016 1:28 pm Hi, I took this picture in Kitchen Garden, Pasir Ris Park of Singapore on a fine October morning. I can’t figure out whether this is...
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Moroccan Wasps
Location: Morocco November 24, 2016 10:09 am Dear Daniel Marlos: Just happened upon your site and decided to let you know about my own minor efforts in entomology. I spend a good deal of my time...
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Mammoth Wasp from Portugal
Subject: Scoliid wasp? Location: Salir, Algarve, Portugal July 28, 2016 9:56 am I spotted this huge specimen in my garden in the Algarve, Portugal. It was quite docile and tried to hide underneath my...
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Scarab Hunter Wasp
Subject: Walking in Florida Pine Woods Location: Near US 1 and Old Kings Road August 8, 2016 12:58 pm Hi, I took a photo of this insect on a trail in Flagler County Florida yesterday, Aug 7, late in...
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