Stilbum cyanurum

Large Cuckoo Wasp at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park

Stilbum cyanurum at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park - 26 Feb 2015
Stilbum cyanurum at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park - 26 Feb 2015
Stilbum cyanurum at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park - 26 Feb 2015
Stilbum cyanurum at Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park - 26 Feb 2015
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Identification history

Stilbum cyanurum 25 Dec 2020 KimPullen
Chrysididae (family) 10 Oct 2020 KimPullen
Chrysididae (family) 10 Aug 2020 michaelb
Stilbum cyanurum 14 May 2017 AndyRussell
Stilbum cyanurum 29 Jan 2017 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 18 Jan 2017 AndyRussell

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Appeared to be a solitary insect

2 comments

michaelb wrote:
   10 Aug 2020
Kim says Stilbum cyanurum doesn't occur in our region
KimPullen wrote:
   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.

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