Explanation of Names
The specific name, "bicincta", means "two-girdled" in Latin. (Based on Internet searches.)
Identification
Dark and hairy, medium-sized wasp. Two creamy white bands on abdomen. Perhaps this is mimicry of the Mason Wasp, Mondobia quadridens:
Range
Eastern and central North America
Season
Late Summer: July-September, sometimes October (North Carolina)
Life Cycle
No doubt a parasitoid of beetle larvae, as are other members of this genus.
Print References
Salsbury, p. 265--photo
(1)
Brimley, p. 439, gives season in North Carolina.
(2)
Bland, p. 380--gives size, range.
(3)
Eaton and Kaufman, pp. 350-351
(4)Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 125 pinned, including specimens from that state.
Univ. Florida
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