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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Ants, Bees, Wasps and Sawflies (Hymenoptera) » Aculeata - Ants, Bees and Stinging Wasps » Scolioidea » Scoliid Wasps (Scoliidae) » Scoliini » Scolia » Double-banded Scoliid Wasp (Scolia bicincta)
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Sleeping Wasp ? - Scolia bicincta - male
Copyright © 2013 Scott Ditzel

Sleeping Wasp ? - Scolia bicincta - Male
Dallas, Paulding County, Georgia, USA
September 18, 2013
Found this wasp yesterday & again today (assuming it's the same individual). Seemed to be sleeping (?) in this position on a branch,same as when I saw it yesterday

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Sleeping Wasp ? - Scolia bicincta - male Sleeping Wasp ? - Scolia bicincta - male
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Contributed by Scott Ditzel on 18 September, 2013 - 9:22am
Last updated 1 February, 2018 - 9:54pm

Moved
Moved from Scoliid Wasps.
… George Waldren, 9 October, 2013 - 12:32pm login or register to post comments

Moved for expert attention.
Moved from ID Request.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 18 September, 2013 - 4:44pm login or register to post comments

Sleeping?
Might be paralyzed and eggs planted on it by another wasp species
… Mark Oxamitny, 18 September, 2013 - 2:56pm login or register to post comments

 
No, it flew away a bit later.
No, it flew away a bit later...Just like the one I saw yesterday...I think it was just a case of cooler temps slowing down their metabolism...Someone suggested a long horned bee on a forum, but it looks different than the Long Horned Bee I submitted an image of recently...I'm thinking it's possibly a Scolia nobilitata
… Scott Ditzel, 18 September, 2013 - 3:00pm login or register to post comments

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