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Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

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Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)
Parasitic wasps (numerous families)
Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)
Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)
Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
Spider wasps (Pompilidae)
Other wasps
Velvet Ants (Mutillidae)

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Braconidae (family) (Unidentified braconid wasp) at Jerrawa, NSW by ConBoekel
Thynninae (subfamily) (Smooth flower wasp) at Jerrawa, NSW by ConBoekel
Paralastor sp. (genus) (Potter Wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Delta bicinctum (Potter wasp) at Aranda, ACT by Jennybach
Ichneumonidae (family) (Unidentified ichneumon wasp) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Austroscolia soror (Blue Flower Wasp) at Mawson, ACT by kerrie
Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily) (A species of parasitic wasp) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Guerinius shuckardi (Smooth flower wasp) at Tharwa, ACT by DPRees125
Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp) at Jerrabomberra, NSW by DianneClarke
Fabriogenia sp. (genus) (Spider wasp) at Murrumbateman, NSW by SimoneC
Deuterodiscoelius sp. (genus) (Potter Wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Calopompilus sp. (genus) (Spider wasp) at Higgins, ACT by Jennybach
Turneromyia sp. (genus) (Zebra spider wasp) at Greenleigh, NSW by DianneClarke
Calopompilus affectata (Spider wasp) at Uriarra Village, ACT by DPRees125
Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp) at Mongarlowe, NSW by LisaH
Evaniidae (family) (Hatchet wasp) at Bruce, ACT by DaveW
Delta bicinctum (Potter wasp) at Strathnairn, ACT by Thurstan
Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Yarralumla, ACT by Gallpix
Agamerion cleptideum (A Chalcid wasp) at Acton, ACT by TimL
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis (Asian paper wasp) at Jerrabomberra, NSW by DianneClarke
Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Hall, ACT by Anna123
Stenarella victoriae (An ichneumon parasitic wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Chrysididae (family) (Cuckoo wasp or Emerald wasp) at Braidwood, NSW by MatthewFrawley
Scoliidae sp. (family) (Unidentified Hairy Flower Wasp) at Hawker, ACT by AlisonMilton
Diamma bicolor (Blue ant, Bluebottle ant) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid) at Cotter River, ACT by JohnBundock
Mutillidae (family) (Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant) at Campbell, ACT by Hejor1
Braconidae (family) (Unidentified braconid wasp) at Campbell, ACT by Hejor1
Crabroninae (subfamily) (Unidentified solitary wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Callibracon capitator (White Flank Black Braconid Wasp) at Yass River, NSW by SenexRugosus
Unidentified Potter wasp (Vespidae, Eumeninae) at Borough, NSW by Paul4K
Turneromyia sp. (genus) (Zebra spider wasp) at Parkes, ACT by Neve_Foxcroft
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by regeraghty
Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid) at Jingera, NSW by clarehoneydove
Ropalidia plebeiana (Small brown paper wasp) at Bungonia, NSW by AlisonMilton
Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp) at Hackett, ACT by Pirom
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by JohnBundock
Ichneumonidae (family) (Unidentified ichneumon wasp) at Conder, ACT by MichaelBedingfield
Polistes (Polistella) humilis (Common Paper Wasp) at Conder, ACT by MichaelBedingfield
Delta bicinctum (Potter wasp) at Yarralumla, ACT by TimL
Euodynerus sp. (genus) (Mason Wasp) at Cook, ACT by CathB
Agriomyia sp. (genus) (Yellow flower wasp) at Cook, ACT by CathB
Unidentified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Gundaroo, NSW by ConBoekel
Campyloneurus sp (genus) (A Braconid wasp) at Gundaroo, NSW by ConBoekel
Stenarella victoriae (An ichneumon parasitic wasp) at Wanniassa, ACT by JohnBundock
Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily) (A species of parasitic wasp) at Queanbeyan, NSW by trevorpreston
Polistes (Polistes) chinensis (Asian paper wasp) at Fyshwick, ACT by clarehoneydove
Megastigmus sp. (genus) (Parasitic wasp) at Karabar, NSW by DianneClarke
Delta bicinctum (Potter wasp) at Hall, ACT by Anna123
Thynninae (subfamily) (Smooth flower wasp) at O'Malley, ACT by Mike
Aeolothynnus sp. (genus) (A flower wasp) at Higgins, ACT by AlisonMilton
Bothriomutilla rugicollis (Mutillid wasp or velvet ant) at Strathnairn, ACT by RobParnell
Aglaotilla sp. (genus) (Australian Velvet Ant) at Fyshwick, ACT by RodDeb
Pachycoelius sp. (genus) at Karabar, NSW by DianneClarke
Polistes sp. (genus) (Unidentified paper wasp) at Bowning, NSW by Maren
Mutillidae (family) (Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1
Netelia sp. (genus) (An Ichneumon wasp) at Charleys Forest, NSW by arjay
Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp) at Molonglo, ACT by SteveBorkowskis
Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Forde, ACT by DPRees125
Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) (Spider wasp) at Kambah, ACT by JMH
Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp) at Macarthur, ACT by RodDeb
Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp) at Karabar, NSW by DianneClarke
Pseudabispa bicolor (A potter wasp) at Karabar, NSW by DianneClarke
Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp) at Jerrabomberra, NSW by DianneClarke
Polistes (Polistella) humilis (Common Paper Wasp) at Wallaroo, NSW by Jek
Sceliphron formosum (Formosum mud-dauber) at Higgins, ACT by Jennybach
Williamsita sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT by Jubeyjubes
Pompilidae (family) (Unidentified Spider wasp) at Cook, ACT by CathB
Ichneumonidae (family) (Unidentified ichneumon wasp) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Batozonellus vespoides (A spider wasp) at Googong, NSW by Wandiyali
Thynninae (subfamily) (Smooth flower wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Scoliidae sp. (family) (Unidentified Hairy Flower Wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Aulacidae (family) (Aulacid parasitic wasps) at Uriarra Village, ACT by DPRees125
Scoliidae sp. (family) (Unidentified Hairy Flower Wasp) at Uriarra Village, ACT by DPRees125
Austroscolia soror (Blue Flower Wasp) at Harrison, ACT by DPRees125
Pompilidae (family) (Unidentified Spider wasp) at Gundaroo, NSW by ConBoekel
Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid) at Borough, NSW by Paul4K
Calopompilus sp. (genus) (Spider wasp) at Theodore, ACT by Cardy
Primeuchroeus sp. (genus) (Cuckoo Wasp) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Polistes (Polistella) humilis (Common Paper Wasp) at Macarthur, ACT by RodDeb
Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp) at Macarthur, ACT by RodDeb
Fabriogenia sp. (genus) (Spider wasp) at Acton, ACT by TimL
Chrysididae (family) (Cuckoo wasp or Emerald wasp) at Murrumbateman, NSW by amiessmacro
Gasteruption sp. (genus) (Gasteruptiid wasp) at Karabar, NSW by DianneClarke
Chalcidoidea (superfamily) (A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp) at Farrer, ACT by gregbaines
Chalcidoidea (superfamily) (A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp) at Aranda, ACT by KMcCue
Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid) at Jerrabomberra, NSW by DianneClarke
Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid) at Higgins, ACT by Jennybach
Crabronidae (family) (Sand wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Apocrita (suborder) (Unidentified wasp) at Aranda, ACT by Jubeyjubes
Acanthinevania sp. (genus) (Hatchet wasp) at Yarralumla, ACT by TimL
Thynninae (subfamily) (Smooth flower wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp) at Aranda, ACT by KMcCue
Rhagigaster ephippiger (Smooth flower wasp) at Kambah, ACT by HelenCross
Tiphiidae (family) (Unidentified Smooth flower wasp) at Kambah, ACT by HelenCross
Unidentified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) at Kambah, ACT by HelenCross
Chalcidoidea (superfamily) (A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1
Brachymeria sp. (genus) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1
Torymidae (family) (Torymid wasp) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:
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Thanks Simone
Xanthocryptus novozealandicus
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27 Dec 2024
Short ovipositor
Xanthocryptus novozealandicus
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27 Dec 2024
Short ovipositor
Xanthocryptus novozealandicus
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Short ovipositor
Xanthocryptus novozealandicus
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20 Dec 2024
Petiolate cell visible in wing
Paralastor sp. (genus)

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Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily) at Lyneham, ACT

Chalcidoidea (superfamily) at Russell, ACT

Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily) at Melba, ACT

Chalcidoidea (superfamily) at Aranda, ACT

Chalcidoidea (superfamily) at Aranda, ACT

Ichneumonidae (family) at Melba, ACT

Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily) at Melba, ACT

Eumeninae (subfamily) at Jerrabomberra, NSW

Deuterodiscoelius sp. (genus) at Bungendore, NSW

Guerinius shuckardi at Tharwa, ACT

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