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''Scolia hirta'' is a species belonging to the family Scoliidae subfamily Scoliinae. It is present in most of mediterranean and central Europe, in East Palearctic ecozone, in the Near East and in North Africa. The adults grow up to long, the body is completely black, with two glossy yellow stripes on the abdomen. The wings have a smoky-dark color, with blue reflexes. Males have longer antennae than females, as well as three large spines at the tip of their abdomen. They can be encountered from July through September feeding on flowers, with a preference for flowers appearing cyan or blue to bees eyes and for composite flowers or aggregated inflorescences. These massive solitary wasps dig in search of larvae of beetles (Cetoniidae species, especially ''Cetonia aurata'', as well as Scarabaeidae species). Then they parasitize the larvae and lay eggs in them for feeding their offspring. ==Subspecies== *''Scolia hirta'' subsp. ''hirta'' (Schrank, 1781) *''Scolia hirta'' subsp. ''unifasciata'' Cyrillo, 1787 File:Scolia hirta.JPG|''Scolia hirta hirta'' File:Scolia_hirta_unifasciata_485.JPG|''Scolia hirta unifasciata'' 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Scolia hirta」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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