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Hairy Wasp

Trielis octomaculata ??

Description:

Orange colored hairy wasp about 15mm.

Habitat:

Spotted on a Muntingia flower

Notes:

Not sure about the I D.. Pl. confirm....

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4 Comments

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you BrunoMoller..

sunnyjosef
sunnyjosef 9 years ago

Thank you John for the I D sugestion... Will try to search for the correct wasp species...

BrunoMoller
BrunoMoller 9 years ago

Great photos

John La Salle
John La Salle 9 years ago

Seems to be a wasp rather than a bee (this may be a bit technical, but the pronotum is completely wrong for it to be a bee).
Try the family Scoliidae
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scoliidae

sunnyjosef
Spotted by
sunnyjosef

Ernakulam, Kerala, India

Spotted on Jan 22, 2015
Submitted on Jan 23, 2015

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