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Blue Flower Wasp - Scalia verticalis

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The Blue Flower Wasp

Scolia verticalis, the Blue Flower Wasp, is a scoliid wasp that occurs in Australia. Scoliid wasps are solitary parasitoids of scarab beetle larvae. Female scoliids burrow into the ground in search of these larvae and then use their sting to paralyze them.

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Similar species: Wasps, Bees, Sawflies And Ants
Species identified by Ernst
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Uploaded Feb 5, 2020. Captured Feb 4, 2020 18:13 in Myall Way, Tea Gardens NSW 2324, Australia.
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  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/9.0
  • 1/512s
  • ISO1600
  • 135mm
Captured in the summer. More summer photos.