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Scoliid Wasp - Scolia nobilitata
Copyright © 2006 Mike Boone

Scoliid Wasp - Scolia nobilitata
Greenwood County, South Carolina, USA
June 10, 2006
Found on butterfly bush. From browsing BugGuide, this looks like it might be a Scoliid wasp. (1) But I'd appreciate input from an authority.
Contributed by Mike Boone on 22 August, 2006 - 9:26pm
Last updated 5 September, 2006 - 6:37am

Moved
Moved from Scoliid Wasps. Thanks for the ID.
… Mike Boone, 5 September, 2006 - 6:37am

Moved
Moved from Scoliid Wasps.
… Mike Boone, 5 September, 2006 - 6:37am

scoliid
It's definitely a scoliid, but I don't know enough about them to say which genus. NIce photo, by the way.
… Ronald D. Hennessey, 23 August, 2006 - 12:53am

 
this is scolia nobilitata
this is scolia nobilitata
… William Ericson, 4 September, 2006 - 11:19pm

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