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Scolia hirta
Scolia hirta is a species of wasp belonging to the family Scoliidae subfamily Scoliinae.
From the article Scolia hirta on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
The adults grow up to 10–25 millimetres (0.39–0.98 in) long, the body is completely black, with two glossy yellow stripes on the abdomen. The wings have a smoky-dark color, with blue reflexes. Antennae of males - composed of 13 segments - are longer than in females (12 segments ). Moreover males have three large spines at the tip of their abdomen. This species is rather similar to Scolia sexmaculata, which had two or three yellow spots instead of two yellow stripes.
Range & habitat
This species is present in most of mediterranean and central Europe, in the eastern Palearctic realm, in the Near East, and in North Africa.
Wikipedia: “Distribution”
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 131031.