A large, mostly orangey wasp with a black head and thorax and translucent black-orange wings

Side view, the extremely long abdomen is black with 3 uneven pale yellow stripes

The wings are splayed now, showing off the abdomen and a dark orange spot between the wing bases

Eastern cicada killer, aka hell's most docile wasp

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