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Scoliid Wasp

Description:

I thought this flower wasp was a large bee.

Habitat:

Edge of rainforest

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3 Comments

MartinL
MartinL 10 years ago

Thanks Juan and Mark. It seemed to be doing bee-ish things so I made the fatal mistake of not questioning my first impression. Seems I still haven't seen such a large bee.

Juan DiTrani
Juan DiTrani 10 years ago

Hi Martin, this is not a bee, is a Scoliid wasp

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Could it bee a flower wasp?

MartinL
Spotted by
MartinL

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Spotted on Nov 29, 2013
Submitted on Dec 16, 2013

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