Insects
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Flower Wasps (Scoliidae, Thynnidae or Tiphiidae)
Sighting 4198780

Tiphiidae (family)

Unidentified Smooth flower wasp at Cook, ACT

Tiphiidae (family) at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2019 08:32 AM
Tiphiidae (family) at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2019 08:32 AM
Tiphiidae (family) at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2019 08:32 AM
Tiphiidae (family) at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2019 08:32 AM
Tiphiidae (family) at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2019 08:32 AM
Tiphiidae (family) at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2019 08:32 AM
Tiphiidae (family) at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2019 08:32 AM
Tiphiidae (family) at Cook, ACT - 23 Feb 2019 08:32 AM
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Identification history

Tiphiidae (family) 26 Feb 2019 KimPullen
Tiphiidae (family) 24 Feb 2019 CathB

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On adjacent grass stalk to, but smaller than, another yellow and black flower wasp like that in sighting 4192905. Several wasps of both sorts seen, all perching at tops of tall grasses in open grassland.

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