Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

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References:

https://atlasoflife.org.au/resources/know-your-wasps

https://www.ozanimals.com/wildlife/Insect/Wasps.html

https://keys.lucidcentral.org/search/what-wasp-is-that/

Front Page of Interactive Key to Wasp Families

Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or 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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Discussion

DiBickers wrote:

53 min ago

@kasiaaus I’ve setup the Genus for this one for you. So, if the moderators don’t have a genus-level or species-level ID does it just sit there forever unidentified? There were quite a few insects I’ve identified since I started that had been sitting there for years?

Agamerion (Genus)

kasiaaus wrote:

1 hr ago

I understand @DiBickers but unfortunately the sighting is not unverified when you add another suggestion. Maybe it should be but I checked and it is not on the Unverified list. Maybe you should just put the higher level ID in a comment to leave the sighting in an unverified state.

Agamerion (Genus)

DiBickers wrote:

1 hr ago

@kasiaaus Chalcid Wasps are a difficult bunch to get ID’d and I’m not comfortable ID’ing beyond my knowledge of certainty. I always try to add a suggestion so it remains in the unverified listing for others to see who have more experience. I don’t think there’s anyone else on here who can assist me I’m sorry☹️I’d rather the identification be true & correct. One thing you learn doing this, is the more you think you know, the more you realise you don’t (there’s too many lookalikes)🙃

Agamerion (Genus)

DiBickers wrote:

1 hr ago

The shape of the face; the silvery-grey around the sides of the thorax (the black on the top of thorax is balding); the orange-coloured translucent wings; & the predominantly dark orange abdomen with black tip look very much like the Tyde’s Sand Wasp (Podalonia tydei).

Podalonia tydei

kasiaaus wrote:

1 hr ago

Thanks @DiBickers but I wonder why you confirm things at a higher taxonomy level when we are pretty sure of the genus at least and most likely also species. I think when it shows up as confirmed other moderators will not look at it any more and it will stay identified only at superfamily level when it could have potentially been identified at the species level.

Agamerion (Genus)