Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)

Unidentified sand wasp at Tharwa, ACT

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

   10 Apr 2019

Similar to another sighting, black with white markings:
Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) (Unidentified sand wasp) on 7 Mar 2017

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.075529-35.520851
• Altitude 570.0m
• Maps Gigerline Nature Reserve
• Places Tharwa, ACT

Sighting information

• At least 1 Abundance
• 3 Feb 2019 07:31 PM Recorded on
• MichaelBedingfield Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) MichaelBedingfield Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

• Fennel (Foeniculum vulgare) Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

• Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) Scientific name
• Unidentified sand wasp Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 1012.1m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning

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• Images or audio
• More than one media file
• Verified by an expert moderator
• Nearby sighting(s) of same species
• GPS evidence of location
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