A flower wasp at Majura, ACT
Identification history
| Aeolothynnus sp. (genus) | 16 Apr 2023 | SimoneC | ||
| Agriomyia sp. (genus) | 20 Nov 2021 | Amata | ||
| Unidentified | 30 Jan 2019 | jb2602 |
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User's notes
About 6 mm long.
Showing a great deal of interest in a weevil on the ground.
Is it some type of Sand or Digger Wasp?
2 comments
waltraud
wrote:
21 Nov 2021
J, the adult flower wasp feeds on nectar ("fuel"); the female lays eggs on beetles. The wasp larva needs protein (meat) for development, not just carbon.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.156014-35.266046
- Maps Mount Ainslie
- Places Majura, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 28 Jan 2019 09:37 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr
Additional information
- On the ground Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Aeolothynnus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- A flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 793m Recorded at altitude
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