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Scolia Hirta

Scolia Hirta

Description:

It's about 4-5 cm long

Habitat:

I found it in my garden

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4 Comments

valentinezza
valentinezza 10 years ago

Ahaha! I'll never do that! ;)

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

Well done! It looks good. Don't imitate a cicada near that.

valentinezza
valentinezza 10 years ago

Thank you Mark! I found it on wikipedia, it's a Scolia hirta, I never seen it around before!

Mark Ridgway
Mark Ridgway 10 years ago

I think this is a scolid wasp - cicada killer (ground dwelling wasp).

valentinezza
Spotted by
valentinezza

Sant'Olcese, LIG, Italy

Spotted on Jun 7, 2013
Submitted on Jun 10, 2013

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