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With orange foreheaded, orange-shouldered
Looks like a bumblebee with a yellow helmet.
A male hairy flower wasp (Scolia hirta) ...
The black & white wasp was unsuccessfully attempting to mate with the other.
Scoliid wasp with black body, black-bluish wings, red-orange head and antennae. ...
Dark and hairy, medium-sized wasp. Two creamy white bands on abdomen.
No idea what this insect is though it looks like some kind of wasp.
Hybrid willow tree in St Lucie county, FL.
North Carolina Botanical Garden