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Hairy Scolid wasp (Scolia hirta) - Ten Metres from Home 1. (2020)
Hairy Scolid wasp (Scolia hirta) posseses two continouous yellw abdominal bands and wings a smoky brown. Its eggs are laid on beetle larvae( eg Cetonia aurata) Usually found seeking nectar on flowers such as Eryngium as here. Podere Montecucco, Orvieto, Umbria. Italy June 2020


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Centrocoris variegatus A conspicuously shaped bug
Checkered beetle (Trichodes alvearius
Checkered beetle (Trichodes alvearius) with honey bee (Apis mellifera)
White-tailed bumble bee ♂︎ (Bombus leucorum)
Crab spider (Misumena vatia) ♀︎ with its coccoon anchored to a leaf of Eryngium
Small heath (Coenonympha pamphilus)
Digger wasp (Sphex flavipennis).
Crab spider (Thmoisus onustus) with its prey, a Queen of Spain Fritillary (Issonia lathoria)
The oak hawk (Marumba quercus )
The oak hawk (Marumba quercus )
Crab spider (Thomisus onustus) ♀︎
European garden spider (Araneus diadematus
Convolvulus hawk (Herse convolvulii) -
Buff tip ( Phalera bucephala)
Spotted Fritillary (Melitaea didyma,) ♂︎