Mammoth Wasp

Mozambique 2007Bulgaria 1964Romania 1964
Mammoth Wasp
Scolia sp,
(Scoliidae)
Mammoth Wasp
Scolia flavifrons
(Scoliidae)
Mammoth Wasp
Scolia maculata
(Scolidae)
Mustique 2011Philippines 1988
Scoliid Wasp
Campsomeris trifasciata
(Scoliidae)
Scoliid Wasp
Campsomeris aurulenta
(Scoliidae)


Mammoth Wasp is the big bee of the figure carried out strongly. After copulation, a scalpel digs a fallen-leaves layer and the ground and hunts the larva of a scarab beetle. If those larvae are discovered, will stab with a needle, it will be made to anesthetize and one egg will be produced for the body surface. If a larva hatches, it will eat up and carry out food, will make a strong cocoon near a host's wreckage, and will become pupa. Mammoth Wasp is distributed over the whole world and the Torrid Zone mainly has it. Mammoth Wasp lives in Various environment in which the scarab beetle of host is seen.

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