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crockny Kerhonkson, NY(Zone 5a) Aug 24, 2010

Anyone know what this is - in the Hudson Valley, New York ...

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suunto Sinks Grove, WV Aug 24, 2010

This is a flower wasp (Hymenoptera: Scoliidae); it looks a lot like Scolia bicincta - see http://tinyurl.com/25dlvcz for an example. These wasps are predators/parasitoids on soil-dwelling scarab beetle larvae.

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crockny Kerhonkson, NY(Zone 5a) Aug 24, 2010

Yes! I looked it up -- thanks - had never seen one before, but then I'm not usually staring into the mint plant trying to take pictures of bees ...

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