Sighting 3387662
Sphex sp. (genus)
Unidentified Sphex digger wasp at Hughes, ACT
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| Sphex sp. (genus) | KimPullen | 14 Jan 2018 | |
| Sphex sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 13 Jan 2018 | |
| Unverified | zebras | 22 Dec 2017 |
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User's notes
Is this a wasp? This insect was clearing a burrow carrying a ball of earth out backwards then returning. Found in Hughes next to the red hill reserve.
1 comment
15 Jan 2018
Yes it is a wasp that stings and paralyses its prey in which it lays its eggs and then buries
Location information
- Coordinates 149.098661-35.328464
- Altitude 625.3m
- Places Hughes, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Dec 2017 12:07 PM Recorded on
- zebras Recorded by
Collections
- zebras Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sphex sp. (genus) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Sphex sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Sphex digger wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 688.1m Recorded at altitude
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