Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

Featured sightings

Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Yarralumla, ACT - 24 Dec 2024 by Gallpix

Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Hall, ACT - 10 Apr 2024 by Anna123

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 20 Nov 2019 by TimL

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 24 Nov 2022 by Roger

Ampulicidae (family) (Cockroach Wasp) at Paddys River, ACT - 4 Aug 2023 by CanberraDSN

Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp) at Evatt, ACT - 23 Nov 2021 by TimL

Podalonia tydei (Caterpillar-hunter wasp) at Fyshwick, ACT - 23 Oct 2020 by DPRees125

Sceliphron formosum (Formosum mud-dauber) at Evatt, ACT - 6 Dec 2018 by TimL

Latest sightings

Sceliphron formosum (Formosum mud-dauber) at Fyshwick, ACT - 9 Feb 2025 by RodDeb

Crabronidae (family) by DianneClarke

Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Watson, ACT - 2 Feb 2025 by Hejor1

Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Hughes, ACT - 2 Feb 2025 by LisaH

Bembecinus sp. (genus) (A sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 31 Jan 2025 by Numbat

Crabronidae (family) (Sand wasp) at Yass River, NSW - 30 Jan 2025 by ConBoekel

Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Burra, NSW - 30 Jan 2025 by deridada

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 24 Jan 2025 by KarinNeufeld

Bembecinus sp. (genus) (A sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 24 Jan 2025 by DianneClarke

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 24 Jan 2025 by DianneClarke

Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp) at Burrinjuck, NSW - 23 Jan 2025 by Bidge

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Lower Borough, NSW - 19 Jan 2025 by mcleana

Podalonia tydei (Caterpillar-hunter wasp) at Russell, ACT - 21 Jan 2025 by Hejor1

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Discussion

DiBickers wrote:

2 Feb 2025

Looks very similar to Genus Austrogorytes (Tribe Bembicinae)

Crabronidae (family)

PeterA wrote:

1 Feb 2025

A wasp - looks like the one Lassioglossum tertium is trying to mimic.

Crabronidae (family)

SimoneC wrote:

13 Jan 2025

@Hejor1 could you please move images 4 & 5 to a separate sighting they not the same species

Crabronidae (family)

JohnBundock wrote:

12 Jan 2025

Thanks, WHall.

Bembix sp. (genus)

WHall wrote:

12 Jan 2025

John, a Bembix sand wasp??

Bembix sp. (genus)

Significant sightings

Ampulicidae (family) at Higgins, ACT

Recent activity

Sceliphron formosum at Fyshwick, ACT

Crabronidae (family)

Sceliphron formosum at Fyshwick, ACT

Lasioglossum (Chilalictus) sp. (genus & subgenus)

Hylaeus (Prosopisteron) littleri

Cerceris sp. (genus) at Watson, ACT

Cerceris sp. (genus) at Hughes, ACT

Apocrita (suborder) at Watson, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Cerceris sp. (genus) at Burra, NSW

Species Richness Score (SRS)

67

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