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Please ID this bee or wasp

sharingsunshine

20 years ago

We had a bunch of these this year all over the plant this one is on and I wondered if anybody had a name for them? I don't find it in my field guide and I like to have names with my images. View here:

http://www.theherbsplace.com/gallery/critters2006/IMG_5044

There was another type on the same plant that I would love to have a name for also:

http://www.theherbsplace.com/gallery/critters2006/IMG_5040

Any help you can give would be great!

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Comments (6)

Day_By_Day
20 years ago
The first looks like a Double-banded Scoliid Wasp (Scolia bicinta) and the second a Scolia nobilitata?
Day_By_Day
20 years ago
Oooops, I meant the second as Scolia dubia. Aliens landed on my head and made me say the wrong one.
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larry_gene
20 years ago
Which race of Aliens are that small?
rhizo_1 (North AL) zone 7
20 years ago
Uh oh! I'd be watching for paybacks, if I were you, Larry. lololol
sharingsunshine
Original Author
20 years ago
That's great and exciting to have a name. All I hoped for was a simple one and I get the "fancy" one too! WOW! You guys are good!

Donna
Day_By_Day
20 years ago
Yeh, we're pretty high class up in here, I reckon. ;)

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