Megalara garuda
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Megalara garuda, colloquially referred to as the King of Wasps or Garuda wasp, is a large wasp and the only species in the genus Megalara. It is only known from the Mekongga Mountains in the southeastern part of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi.
Males of one morph are about 3.3cm long, with very large jaws. Their elongated mandibles are almost as long as their forelegs. Males of the other morph and all females have proportionally smaller jaws and are overall smaller at about 2.0–2.5cm. Both sexes are shiny black with black wings. It is a solitary predator of other insect species. For more information, visit the Wikipedia entry. Get back to Wasps |
| Class | Insecta | |
| order | Hymenoptera | |
| Suborder | Apocrita | |
| family | Crabronidae | |
| tribe | Larrini | |
| genus | Megalara | |
| species | M. garuda |
