So no one wanted to tell me about Megascolia maculata and I just had to find out about them myself?
You know the European Rhinoceros beetle? Charming chunky beetles! Well they have a dedicated parasitoid wasp. Like cicada killers... but these girls are even bigger.
Really wasps in the US are not as big and scary as those in other countries. This is Vespa mandarinia all over again. But a scoliid wasp... they are really neat!
