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Mammoth wasp
Megascolia maculata
47.429, 18.9135
Field Notes
Description:
It is mammoth wasp male. I took the photo after a rainy night. The wasp was climbing a grass and I offered him my finger and he accepted. Eventually he took off.
Habitat:
It was a grassy area between the road and the sidewalk surrounded by a low hedge of privet. Some two years ago a dying tree was cut down here. I observed here a number of males circulating over the surface looking for females. I also spotted a European rhinoceros beetle here.
Notes:
I took almost 60 pictures of male wasps on the same area this spring. You can see them in this Google album:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/fhw5WmgRHQEhEqg76
I have not seen any femal though, but I had taken photos of females previously in the same town (Törökbálint, Hungary) which you can find in this Flickr album: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nagysandor/albums/72157647552728759
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