Australelis anthracina

Flower wasp at Murrumbateman, NSW

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Identification history

Australelis anthracina	2 Mar 2025	DiBickers
Laeviscolia frontalis	14 Mar 2018	KimPullen
Laeviscolia frontalis	1 Mar 2018	SallyandPeter

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This is the first one I have seen here

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DiBickers wrote:

2 Mar 2025

Laeviscolia frontalis has yellow on the vertex in females & yellow on the pronotum in males & this specimen appears to have neither, so I’m thinking it’s likely to be Australelis anthracina😊

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Location information

Coordinates 149.067996 -34.974543
Places Murrumbateman, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
1 Mar 2018 04:45 PM Recorded on
SallyandPeter Recorded by
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SallyandPeter NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects

Additional information

Around garlic chives Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Australelis anthracina Scientific name
Flower wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 639.9m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania