Scolia hirta

Scolia hirta

Description
English: Scolia hirta
Date August 2008, Genova, Italy
Source Own work
Author Hectonichus
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scoliidae_-_Scolia_hirta_-_male.JPG

Scolia hirta is a species belonging to the family Scoliidae subfamily Scoliinae. It is present in most of mediterranean and central Europe, in East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa. These massive solitary wasps dig in search of larvae of beetles (Cetoniidae species, especially Cetonia aurata, as well as Scarabaeidae species). Then they parasitize the larvae and lay eggs in them for feeding their offspring. Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Scoliidae.


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Description		Scolia hirta Description English: Scolia hirta Date August 2008, Genova, Italy Source Own work Author Hectonichus Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Scoliidae_-_Scolia_hirta_-_male.JPG Scolia hirta is a species belonging to the family Scoliidae subfamily Scoliinae. It is present in most of mediterranean and central Europe, in East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa. These massive solitary wasps dig in search of larvae of beetles (Cetoniidae species, especially Cetonia aurata, as well as Scarabaeidae species). Then they parasitize the larvae and lay eggs in them for feeding their offspring. Order: Hymenoptera, Family: Scoliidae.

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