Largest digger wasp

In 2012, it was announced that a new, giant species of digger wasp – the world's largest – had been discovered on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi. Formally named Megalara garuda, it measures up to 34 mm long (males are bigger than females), is pitch black in colour, and the males have long sickle-shaped jaws. Female digger wasps seek out other insects to utilize as prey for their young, and paralyse such prey with their venom by stinging them.