#3630 · 🐝 bees, wasps & ants
Mammoth Scoliid Wasp
🇳🇱 Mammoetwesp ·Regiscolia maculata
🐝 Bees, wasps & ants 📍 in Europe, not in NL
9 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Urs Taeger · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 2. © Dr. Nasser Halaweh · CC BY 4.0
- 3. © Dr. Nasser Halaweh · CC BY 4.0
- 4. © whinaem · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 5. © identigy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Roman · CC BY 4.0
- 7. © Pascal Dubois · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. © tamaszeke · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. © uzel · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Regiscolia maculata , sometimes known as the mammoth wasp , is a species of wasp belonging to the family Scoliidae in the order Hymenoptera. It is a parasitoid on scarab beetles and is found in Europe and Asia and is the largest wasp found in Europe. In central Europe they fly from June to about mid-July.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 10,708 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by Dru Drury in 1773 (253 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Mammoth Scoliid Wasp
- Nederlands
- Mammoetwesp
- scientific name
- Regiscolia maculata
- class
- Insecta
- order
- Hymenoptera
- family
- Scoliidae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings in Europe
- 7,618
- sightings worldwide
- 10,708
- GBIF records in NL
- 9
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 1773 by Dru Drury
relatives· Scoliidae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 1647283, Wikidata Q148638, GBIF 4505917, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.