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_____________________________________________________________________ Hymenoptera 39 – Mammoth Wasps

 

 

 

A close up of a flower

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MAMMOTH WASP Scolia hirta

 

A close up of a flower

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MAMMOTH WASP Scolia hirta

 

A close up of a flower

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MAMMOTH WASP Scolia hirta

 

A close up of a flower

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MAMMOTH WASP Scolia hirta

 

A close up of a flower

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MAMMOTH WASP Scolia hirta

 

·         Mammoth wasps (Family Scoliidae) are parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. Scolia hirta is a common insect throughout much of Europe including Italy and Southern France where the above photographs were taken.

 

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