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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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Unidentified insect - Scolia dubia
Copyright © 2010 P. Shakespeare

Unidentified insect - Scolia dubia
Cherokee, North Carolina, USA
August 31, 2010
Size: 1.5"
This was taken on holiday and was such an impressive insect (to we British!) we'd appreciate an ID, if poss
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Contributed by dilly on 14 October, 2010 - 5:52am
Last updated 22 August, 2020 - 3:57am

Moved
Moved from Scolia dubia.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 22 August, 2020 - 3:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… George Waldren, 14 October, 2010 - 1:09pm login or register to post comments

Perhaps some sort of Scollid Wasp
Similar to
… metrioptera, 14 October, 2010 - 5:57am login or register to post comments

 
Perhaps some sort of Scollid Wasp
Thank you. I shall have a good time next checking out whether we have Scoliid wasps over here too. Certainly we have cuckoo wasps - but I think not as impressive as yours! ATB, Dilly
… dilly, 14 October, 2010 - 7:19am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like
Scolia dubia:

… Ken Wolgemuth, 14 October, 2010 - 6:01am login or register to post comments

 
Looks like Scolia dubia
Many thanks Ken. I can see that it certainly does. Very kind, clever and quick of you! ATB, Dilly
… dilly, 14 October, 2010 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

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