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Fuzzy, black & orange pollinator - Triscolia ardens - female

Fuzzy, black & orange pollinator - Triscolia ardens - Female
between Sedona and Cottonwood, Yavapai County, Arizona, USA
October 3, 2016
Neat looking fella...thanks a bunch for telling me what it is....Denise K.

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Fuzzy, black & orange pollinator - Triscolia ardens - female Fuzzy, black & orange pollinator - Triscolia ardens - female Fuzzy, black & orange pollinator - Triscolia ardens - female Fuzzy, black & orange pollinator - Triscolia ardens - female

Moved
Moved from ID Request.

6 abdominal segments = ♀
Nice shots! In your third image, we can just barely see the wing vein dividing the second and third sub-marginal cells. That and the body length are the only structural differences between this species and the eastern look-alike species, Scolia dubia haematodes.

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