Scolia dubia, aka blue-winged wasp

This is a photo of a Scolia dubia, also known as the blue-winged wasp. The subject of this photo does in every way look like a Scolia dubia with the exception that it does not have the two marks on the top of the abdomen (gaster). This wasp possibly could be some type of immerging hybrid.
Bees and wasps all belong to the order Hymenoptera. They are also members of the suborder Apocrita, characterized by a common narrow waist. This waist is really a thin junction between the thorax and the abdomen, giving these insects a waist-like appearance.
Bees and wasps have other characteristics in common as well. They both have larvae which look like maggots, and have modified ovipositors which they use to sting and inject venom.
Honeybee workers: stinger is pulled from bee’s abdomen and bee dies. Bees are flying insects closely related to wasps and ants, and are known for their role in pollination and for producing honey and beeswax.
Wasps have small barbs; stinger can be removed from victim; wasp lives to sting again. The term wasp is typically defined as any insect of the order Hymenoptera and suborder Apocrita that is neither a bee nor ant. Almost every pest insect species has at least one wasp species that preys upon it or parasitizes it. There are over 100,000 known species of wasps, and hornets are one subspecies of wasps. Hornets are distinguished from other wasps by their wider heads and larger, more rounded abdomens; they also have a different life cycle.
*Bees have hairy body and legs, whereas wasps have smooth bodies and legs.
*The abdomen and thorax of a bee is round, whereas in case of a wasp, it is cylindrical.
*Bees have flat and wide legs and wasps have rounds and waxy legs.

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