Stilbum cyanurum
Large Cuckoo Wasp at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
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| Stilbum cyanurum | KimPullen | 25 Dec 2020 | |
| Chrysididae (family) | KimPullen | 10 Oct 2020 | |
| Chrysididae (family) | MichaelBedingfield | 10 Aug 2020 | |
| Stilbum cyanurum | AndyRussell | 14 May 2017 | |
| Stilbum cyanurum | MichaelMulvaney | 29 Jan 2017 | |
| Unverified | AndyRussell | 18 Jan 2017 |
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User's notes
Appeared to be a solitary insect
2 comments
25 Dec 2020
I was wrong - I found a single old ACT specimen of it in the ANIC. It is much bigger than any of the other Cuckoo wasps in our region, and has a broader abdomen.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066100-35.285100
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 26 Feb 2015 12:00 AM Recorded on
- AndyRussell Recorded by
- Perched on a timber post Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Egg laying Breeding behaviour
- Female Gender
Collections
- Cuckoo Wasps (Chrysididae family) AndyRussell Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Stilbum cyanurum Other wasps Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Stilbum cyanurum Scientific name
- Large Cuckoo Wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 601.3m Recorded at altitude
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