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TheHackster Columbus, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 30, 2010

I found a few with similar yellow markings, but I am still looking for an ID.

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Hack

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Jun 30, 2010

These wasps are in the family Scoliidae; likely in the genus Scolia - see http://tinyurl.com/2c6zf7g for an example. The larvae of these wasps are parasitoid/predatory on the soil-dwelling larvae of other insects, primarily those of beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.

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TheHackster Columbus, GA(Zone 8a) Jun 30, 2010

Thanks suunto, I have it as Scolia nobilitata. Don't know of a Common name. It's just a little wasp.

http://www.dpughphoto.com/images/wasp%20scolia%20nobilitata%20durham%2071208.JPG

hack

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