Scoliid Wasp

Thanks Agnes for the ID! :)

Reference: http://www.sil.si.edu/smithsoniancontrib...

Hi Leana... Male wasp as evidenced by the long, straight antennae. (read it somewhere :))..
Pls check 1) Tarantula Hawk Wasp (Pepsis) (Spider Wasps: Family Pompilidae); 2) Blue-Winged Wasp (Scolia) (Scoliid Wasps: Family Scoliidae). Pls check also this similar African wasp, Scolia wahlbergii (http://www.waspweb.org/Vespoidea/Scoliid...). And a similar PN spotting (http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/146...).

I checked my other photos Ashish and the antenna is always in a straight position. I see lots of mud houses where they are circling but I never saw them enter one :)

Some spider wasps also look like this... was it bending antennas..?

Might be a kind of Cuckoo Wasp...

Thank you Agnes, Cindy and Gilma! :)

Lovely bug

Awesome colors and series!

I think I have a similar spotting (although yours has been beautifully captured :)) - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/147.... I can't find a matching ID either.