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What is this? - Scolia nobilitata - male
Copyright © 2006 Sean McCann

What is this? - Scolia nobilitata - Male
Fort Pierce, St. Lucie County, Florida, USA
May 6, 2006

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What is this? - Scolia nobilitata - male What is this? - Scolia nobilitata - male What is this? - Scolia nobilitata - male
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Contributed by Sean McCann on 6 May, 2006 - 7:29am
Last updated 25 February, 2022 - 8:08am

Moved
Moved from Noble Scoliid Wasp.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 25 February, 2022 - 2:43am login or register to post comments

Scolia nobilitata - male
You've probably found a leck of these males. Usually, they are flying around such places in circles, waiting for females to come and land down. Sometimes however, especially if the weather is not warm enough, they rest on the plants like your specimens. They most often overnight there, too.
… Richard Vernier, 6 May, 2006 - 7:42am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I would say these are more in the overnight stage, rather than lekking. But that is very interesting indeed! Do these males provide brood care, or are the females just going for fancy coloration?
-Sean McCann


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… Sean McCann, 6 May, 2006 - 7:47am login or register to post comments

 
Males don't...
participate in any brood care. Just as J.H.Fabre, the great insect watcher of the XIXth century wrote, the are little more than "fickle lovers". Their only function is to fertilize females.
… Richard Vernier, 6 May, 2006 - 8:30am login or register to post comments

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