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Blue-winged Scoliid Wasp

Scolia dubia

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 129, February 127, March 172, April 301, May 517, June 253, July 191, August 639, September 504, October 186, November 127, December 118.
United States23,860
New York1,755
Pennsylvania1,507
Virginia1,387
Maryland1,257
North Carolina1,218
Texas848
Illinois810
West Virginia778
Georgia715

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Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderAnts, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies · Hymenoptera
FamilyScoliid Wasps · Scoliidae
GenusScolia

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