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🐝 Ants, Bees & Wasps

Japanese Scoliid Wasp

Scolia oculata

About

A large black wasp with distinctive eye-like yellow spots on the abdomen found in East Asia. It parasitizes the larvae of large dynastid beetles.

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Did You Know?

Its yellow abdominal markings resemble large eyes, which may serve to startle potential predators.