Native Flower Wasp at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Thynninae (subfamily) | 18 Oct 2024 | ElluraSanctuary | ||
| Thynnus zonatus | 30 Jan 2017 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Thynnus zonatus | 30 Jan 2017 | RogerF | ||
| Unidentified | 30 Jan 2017 | MichaelBedingfield |
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User's notes
Large wasps, males about 30mm body length, females smaller; a gathering concentrated in several willow trees beside the Murrumbidgee River, to the north of Tharwa.
2 comments
RogerF
wrote:
30 Jan 2017
Copulating pair. The wingless female is attached to the rear of the male by her jaws and is dragged around while the male feeds at flowers.
ElluraSanctuary
wrote:
18 Oct 2024
Sorry, the abdominal markings are quite wrong for Thynnus.
The wings are also not hayline.
There's an image of T. zonatus here:
https://nre.tas.gov.au/biosecurity-tasmania/plant-biosecurity/pests-and-diseases/european-and-english-wasps
The wings are also not hayline.
There's an image of T. zonatus here:
https://nre.tas.gov.au/biosecurity-tasmania/plant-biosecurity/pests-and-diseases/european-and-english-wasps
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.067054-35.502348
- Altitude 576.0m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 29 Jan 2017 07:58 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
Species information
- Thynnus zonatus Scientific name
- Native Flower Wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 576m to 755.52m Recorded at altitude
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