Caladenia atrovespa

Green-comb Spider Orchid at Aranda, ACT

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Identification history

	Caladenia atrovespa	18 Oct 2015	TonyWood
	Caladenia atrovespa	17 Oct 2015	MattM

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Four seen in flower. Very close to another bumper patch. This one had a little wasp/fly on it!

3 comments

AaronClausen wrote:

18 Oct 2015

You probably photographed the pollinator Matt, awesome shot...

MattM wrote:

18 Oct 2015

I like how the wasp almost looks as if it's trying to imitate the orchid's shape.

TobiasHayashi wrote:

19 Oct 2015

Didn't get to see the image until now because it doesn't show up well on my phone. It's actually a Tephritid fly, the Thynnoides which pollinate these orchids are much bigger and all black.

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Location information

Maps Aranda Bushland
Places Aranda, ACT

Sighting information

16 - 100 Abundance
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Plants Orchids MattM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

True In flower

Species information

Caladenia atrovespa Scientific name
Green-comb Spider Orchid Common name
Sensitive
Rare or uncommon native
Non-invasive or negligible
376 images trained Machine learning
In flower
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Synonyms
Arachnorchis atrovespa

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