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Possibly Scolia dubia - Triscolia ardens

Possibly Scolia dubia - Triscolia ardens
Bandelier National Monument, Los Alamos County, New Mexico, USA
August 24, 2008
Was on Doveweed. By checking this site, I think I may have identified it as Scolia dubia but not sure.

Moved
Moved from Scolia ardens.

Right genus, wrong species, t
Right genus, wrong species, this is Scolia ardens, it's a female.

 
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Ya, I love this site, it real
Ya, I love this site, it really shows you that you have to use keys to get things ID correctly, there are some many species of insects that look exactly alike with only a few characteristics that define each one. However in this case, scolia is a small genus and easy to ID, only 25 species of Soliidae in the USA.