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Scolia hirta, Dolchwespe

scolia hirta

Description:

about the size of a yellow jacket, whole insect black with 2 yellow stripes on the tail. The second picture shows the same sp. Picture took a week later than the first one.

Habitat:

garden

Notes:

@ monkey mind

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finally ID´d Scolia sp. - once again seems to be rare. It is a parasitic living wasp (on ladybug laervae and Scarabaeidae larvae)

updated pictures

Gemeinde Kottingbrunn, Niederösterreich, Austria

Spotted on Jul 29, 2011
Submitted on Jul 29, 2011

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