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Parasitic wasps (numerous families)

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Parasitic wasps (numerous families)

Featured sightings

Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed) (Bossiaea gall wasp) at Cotter River, ACT - 3 Nov 2025 by RAllen

Gasteruption (genus) (Gasteruptiid wasp) at Florey, ACT - 7 Nov 2023 by KorinneM

Ctenochares bicolorus (Black-tipped orange ichneumon) at Higgins Woodland - 24 Mar 2024 by Untidy

Eucharitidae (family) (Unidentified ant-parasite wasp) at Mount Painter - 19 Feb 2024 by CathB

Braconidae (family) (Unidentified braconid wasp) at Holder, ACT - 1 Dec 2023 by Miranda

Chalcidoidea (superfamily) (A gall wasp or Chalcid wasp) at Block 402 - 19 Nov 2023 by Miranda

Braconidae (family) (Unidentified braconid wasp) at Cook, ACT - 9 Nov 2023 by CathB

Gotra sp. (genus) (Unidentified Gotra ichneumon wasp) at Murrumbateman, NSW - 11 Feb 2022 by SimoneC

Latest sightings

Netelia sp. (genus) at Parkes, ACT - 20 Jan 2026 by TimL

Callibracon sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT - 18 Jan 2026 by TimL

Ophelimus maskellii (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp) at Higgins, ACT - 8 Feb 2026 by AlisonMilton

Ophelimus maskellii (Eucalyptus Gall Wasp) at Holt, ACT - 6 Feb 2026 by AlisonMilton

Ichneumon promissorius (Banded caterpillar parasite wasp) at Wantirna, VIC - 7 Feb 2026 by Yarra

Unverified Parasitic wasp (numerous families) at Cook, ACT - 3 Feb 2026 by CathB

Evaniidae (family) (Hatchet wasp) at Cook, ACT - 3 Feb 2026 by CathB

Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed) (Bossiaea gall wasp) at Cotter River, ACT - 3 Nov 2025 by RAllen

Labium sp. (genus) at Pialligo, ACT - 21 Jan 2026 by Pirom

Glabridorsum stokesii (A parasitic wasp) by CathB

Enicospilus sp. (genus) at Theodore, ACT - 31 Jan 2026 by Cardy

Callibracon capitator at Parkes, ACT - 28 Jan 2026 by chriselidie

Podagrionini (tribe) (Unidentified mantis parasite wasp) at Kambah, ACT - 27 Jan 2026 by HelenCross

Braconidae (family) (Unidentified braconid wasp) at Higgins, ACT - 26 Jan 2026 by AlisonMilton

Gavrana sp. (genus) (A parasitic wasp) by chriselidie

Unverified Parasitic wasp (numerous families) at Curtin, ACT - 22 Jan 2026 by AlisonMilton

Leucospis sp. (genus) at Bonython, ACT - 20 Jan 2026 by RodDeb

Unverified Parasitic wasp (numerous families) at Aranda, ACT - 17 Jan 2026 by CathB

Braconidae (family) at Scullin, ACT - 15 Jan 2026 by AlisonMilton

Heteropelma scaposum (Two-toned caterpillar parasite wasp) by chriselidie

Unverified Parasitic wasp (numerous families) at Higgins, ACT - 11 Jan 2026 by AlisonMilton

Callibracon sp. (genus) (A White Flank Black Braconid Wasp) at O'Connor, ACT - 9 Jan 2026 by Hejor1

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Discussion

HelenCross wrote:

6 Feb 2026

Wow, a Gall Wasp!

Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)

RAllen wrote:

6 Feb 2026

Yep that’s unmistakeable

Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)

Heinol wrote:

6 Feb 2026

Always very striking! But have a look at https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/3364373.

Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)

KimberiRP wrote:

28 Jan 2026

Not a beetle. Probably a wasp of family Bethylidae.

Bethylidae (family)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

12 Jan 2026

Laying eggs in host larvae of solitary bee or wasp

Gasteruption (genus)

Significant sightings

Species Richness Score (SRS)

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