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Yellow-spotted black wasp with red abdomen - Scolia dubia

Yellow-spotted black wasp with red abdomen - Scolia dubia
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Kings County, New York, USA
August 18, 2007
Very distinctive

Moved
Moved from Blue-winged Wasp.

After Extensive Research...
Or maybe just some luck DIGGING through the guide... I think that it's probably the species Scolia dubia, commonly called the Digger Wasp, Blue-winged Wasp

Here's the info page:

http://bugguide.net/node/view/431

 
yes it is
Scolia dubia

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