Sighting 3878618
Bembix sp. (genus)
Unidentified Bembix sand wasp at Canberra Central, ACT
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| Bembix sp. (genus) | MichaelBedingfield | 21 Jan 2019 | |
| Bembix sp. (genus) | TimL | 19 Dec 2018 |
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User's notes
One of many Sand Wasps in this area. The sequence of images shows a female landing on the sand carrying prey underneath her body, digging a tunnel, and then emerging without the prey before filling in the tunnel. All of this took just over a minute.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.107968-35.274467
- Maps ANBG
- Places Canberra Central, ACT
Sighting information
- 16 - 100 Abundance
- 18 Dec 2018 12:08 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Bembix sp. (genus) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Bembix sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Bembix sand wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 985.65m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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