Sighting 3378601
Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)
Unidentified sand wasp at Paddys River, ACT
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| Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) | MichaelMulvaney | 4 Oct 2017 | |
| Unverified | MichaelBedingfield | 13 Jul 2017 |
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User's notes
On the western side of the Murrumbidgee River, north of Tharwa....... Size - body length 16mm.
5 comments
3 Oct 2017
The spine-like hairs on the legs and the uniform width of the hind tarsus indicates that this is unambiguously a wasp. The size and shape suggest to me that this is in the family Sphecidae. It may be useful to note that the body length for bees in the genus Exoneura is generally no greater than 7 mm.
4 Oct 2017
I thought it was a wasp. We are doing rather poorly in the wasp department. Is there any chance of getting assistance there?
Location information
- Coordinates 149.066041-35.500743
- Altitude 582.7m
- Maps Point Hut to Tharwa
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2015 08:12 PM Recorded on
- MichaelBedingfield Recorded by
Collections
- MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) Scientific name
- Unidentified sand wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1012.1m Recorded at altitude