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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) » Campsomerini » Pygodasis » Large Four-spotted Scoliid Wasp (Pygodasis quadrimaculata)
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Scoliid wasp, a large black wasp with four yellow spots - Pygodasis quadrimaculata
Copyright © 2005 Lynette Elliott

Scoliid wasp, a large black wasp with four yellow spots - Pygodasis quadrimaculata
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
June 16, 2005
Size: around 40 mm
A monster of a wasp. Really huge....would pull the whole flowerhead down each time it landed. There are little scoliids that look very similar that are under 20 mm.

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Scoliid wasp, a large black wasp with four yellow spots - Pygodasis quadrimaculata Scoliid wasp - Pygodasis quadrimaculata
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Contributed by Lynette Elliott on 17 June, 2005 - 3:28pm
Last updated 3 September, 2009 - 5:55pm

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Moved from Scoliid Wasps.
… George Waldren, 3 September, 2009 - 5:55pm login or register to post comments

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I believe this may be Campsomeris quadrimaculata based on the discussion on However, I've found a photo of that species and the yellow marks don't look quite right. Maybe they are variable? See this photo
… Lynette Elliott, 13 July, 2005 - 7:15pm login or register to post comments

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