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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps » Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets (Vespoidea) » Scoliid Wasps (Scoliidae) » Scolia » Double-banded Scoliid (Scolia bicincta)

Species Scolia bicincta - Double-banded Scoliid

Classification · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Life Cycle · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Hymenoptera (Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies)
No Taxon (Aculeata - Bees, Ants, and Stinging Wasps)
Superfamily Vespoidea (Ants, Stinging Wasps, and Hornets)
Family Scoliidae (Scoliid Wasps)
Genus Scolia
Species bicincta (Double-banded Scoliid)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Scolia bicincta Fabricius, 1775
Explanation of Names
The specific name, "bicincta", means "two-girdled" in Latin. (Based on Internet searches.)
Size
21-25 mm
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
Habitat
Fields with flowers
Season
Late Summer: July-September, sometimes October (North Carolina)
Food
Adults visit flowers.
Life Cycle
No doubt a parasitoid of beetle larvae, as are other members of this genus.
Print References
Bland, p. 380--gives size, range. (1)
Brimley, p. 439, gives season in North Carolina. (2)
Eaton and Kaufman, pp. 350-351 (3)
Salsbury, p. 265--photo (4)
Internet References
North Carolina State University Entomology Collection has 125 pinned, including specimens from that state.
Univ. Florida Featured Creatures--Scoliid Wasps of Florida
Works Cited
1.How to Know the Insects
By Roger G. Bland, H.E. Jaques
2.Insects of North Carolina
By C.S. Brimley
3.Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America
By Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman
4.Insects in Kansas
By Glenn A. Salsbury and Stephan C. White
Contributed by Cotinis on 22 June, 2004 - 9:30pm
Last updated 27 August, 2010 - 8:21am

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