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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 » Noble Scoliid Wasp (Scolia nobilitata) » Scolia nobilitata nobilitata
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unknown wasp 2 - Scolia nobilitata - female
Copyright © 2013 Mark H Brown

unknown wasp 2 - Scolia nobilitata - Female
Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Pinal County, Arizona, USA
October 5, 2013
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Contributed by Mark H Brown on 31 October, 2013 - 10:49pm
Last updated 26 December, 2023 - 2:20pm

Moved
Moved from Eight-spotted Scoliid Wasp.

Thanks as always for the verification, George.
… Jonathan Hoskins, 26 December, 2023 - 2:20pm login or register to post comments

Another possibility
I can't see the second recurrent vein or third submarginal cell in this photo. This is also very close to the western form of Scolia nobilitata nobilitata. It's also very peculiar to see Colpa octomaculata without yellow on the pronotum. The extent of infuscation of the wings also seems more extensive, lacking the lighter costal margin. Not the similarities to the below specimen, where wing venation can be examined for definitive placement.

… Jonathan Hoskins, 26 December, 2023 - 12:51pm login or register to post comments

 
I agree with Scolia nobilitata
I misidentified this one, thanks for catching this.
… George Waldren, 26 December, 2023 - 1:25pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Scoliid Wasps.
… George Waldren, 15 February, 2014 - 11:37am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John S. Ascher, 1 November, 2013 - 12:32am login or register to post comments

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