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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 » Scolia dubia » Two-spotted Scoliid Wasp (Scolia dubia dubia)
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Scoliid Wasp - Scolia dubia
Copyright © 2005 Charles Schurch Lewallen

Scoliid Wasp - Scolia dubia
Henryetta, Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, USA
August 29, 2005
I am posting this here to get a confirmation from the experts, before moving it to the guide.
Matches image in Insects in Kansas.
Parasitizes the larvae of the green June beetles.
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Contributed by Charles Schurch Lewallen on 30 August, 2005 - 12:39pm
Last updated 22 August, 2020 - 2:53am

Moved
Moved from Blue-winged Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 22 August, 2020 - 2:53am login or register to post comments

Scoliid Wasp
Thank you both, I will move to the Guide.
… Charles Schurch Lewallen, 30 August, 2005 - 4:08pm login or register to post comments

Looks like Scolia dubia to me
I think that one is distinctive: black and orange abdomen with the two yellowish spots, see guide page, and such images as:



There are tons out here right now, buzzing over lawns where, a month ago, Cotinis nitida were buzzing, laying eggs.

Patrick Coin
Durham, North Carolina
… Cotinis, 30 August, 2005 - 2:58pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree.
I agree on the species ID by Pat, and add that this one is a male, as evidenced by the long, straight antennae, slender abdomen. Females are much bulkier.
… Eric R. Eaton, 30 August, 2005 - 3:19pm login or register to post comments

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