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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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Aglaotilla sp. (genus) (Australian Velvet Ant)

Aglaotilla sp. (genus)
Aglaotilla sp. (genus)
Aglaotilla sp. (genus)

Apocrita (suborder) (Unidentified wasp)

Apocrita (suborder)
Apocrita (suborder)
Apocrita (suborder)
Apocrita (suborder)

Austroscolia soror (Blue Flower Wasp)

Austroscolia soror
Austroscolia soror
Austroscolia soror
Austroscolia soror

Bethylidae (family) (Bethylid wasp)

Bethylidae (family)
Bethylidae (family)
Bethylidae (family)

Callibracon capitator (White Flank Black Braconid Wasp)

Callibracon capitator
Callibracon capitator
Callibracon capitator
Callibracon capitator

Cryptocheilus bicolor (Orange Spider Wasp)

Cryptocheilus bicolor
Cryptocheilus bicolor
Cryptocheilus bicolor

Ephutomorpha sp. (genus) (Mutillid wasp or Velvet ant)

Ephutomorpha sp. (genus)
Ephutomorpha sp. (genus)
JUVENILE

JUVENILE
JUVENILE

Eumeninae (subfamily) (Unidentified Potter wasp)

Eumeninae (subfamily)
Eumeninae (subfamily)
Eumeninae (subfamily)
Eumeninae (subfamily)

Evaniidae (family) (Hatchet wasp)

Evaniidae (family)
Evaniidae (family)
Evaniidae (family)
Evaniidae (family)

Guerinius shuckardi (Smooth flower wasp)

Guerinius shuckardi
Guerinius shuckardi
Guerinius shuckardi

Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily) (A species of parasitic wasp)

Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily)
Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily)
Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily)
Ichneumonoidea (Superfamily)

Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp)

Isodontia sp. (genus)
Isodontia sp. (genus)
Isodontia sp. (genus)
Isodontia sp. (genus)

Laeviscolia frontalis (Two-spot hairy flower wasp)

Laeviscolia frontalis
Laeviscolia frontalis
Laeviscolia frontalis

Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid)

female

female

male

male
female

female
Lissopimpla excelsa
female
male
female

Mutillidae (family) (Unidentified Mutillid wasp or velvet ant)

FEMALE

FEMALE

Mutillidae (family)
MALE

MALE
Mutillidae (family)
FEMALE
MALE

Odontomyrme sp. (genus) (A velvet ant)

Odontomyrme sp. (genus)
Odontomyrme sp. (genus)
Odontomyrme sp. (genus)

Pseudabispa bicolor (A potter wasp)

Pseudabispa bicolor
Pseudabispa bicolor
Pseudabispa bicolor

Tetramesa sp. (genus) (Stem-galling wasp)

Tetramesa sp. (genus)
Tetramesa sp. (genus)
Tetramesa sp. (genus)

Thynninae (subfamily) (Smooth flower wasp)

Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)

Tiphiidae (family) (Unidentified Smooth flower wasp)

Tiphiidae (family)
Tiphiidae (family)
Tiphiidae (family)
Tiphiidae (family)

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