Black wasp?

[konitzlee]

Hello everybody! I live in Milan Italy. The other day I was in the garden and I stumbled across this insect which is rather peculiar for my area. I have never seen this kind of a insect around, I usually only see normal wasps and normal bees, this one was completely black apart from two, and only two, yellow stripes on the back .


Here is the photo;

http://instagram.com/p/B1jt6vxorwO

[isidro]

It's a female Scolia hirta, pollinating the mint, a plant that they feel predilection for according to my own observations in my garden, where sadly it's now rarer than years ago

[konitzlee]

Aug 24, 2019 20:39:58 GMT isidro said:

It's a female Scolia hirta, pollinating the mint, a plant that they feel predilection for according to my own observations in my garden, where sadly it's now rarer than years ago

Isidro, great catch. Thank you very much for your wisdom