Sighting 3370815
Thynnus zonatus
Native Flower Wasp at Paddys River, ACT
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| Thynninae (subfamily) | ElluraSanctuary | 18 Oct 2024 | |
| Thynnus zonatus | MichaelBedingfield | 30 Jan 2017 | |
| Thynnus zonatus | RogerF | 30 Jan 2017 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 30 Jan 2017 |
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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
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.
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
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
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Mixed Gender
Collections
- Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Thynnus zonatus
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
- External link More information
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