Podagrionini (tribe)

Unidentified mantis parasite wasp at Acton, ACT

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Identification history

Podagrionini (tribe)	18 Apr 2019	KimPullen
Podagrionini (tribe)	15 Apr 2019	MichaelBedingfield
Unverified	15 Apr 2019	TimL

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User's notes

A follow-up to sightings 4204615 and 4206028 of a praying mantis egg sack. These images show a tiny parasitic wasp at work on the egg sack whilst another was perched close by. Difficult to get decent images as the egg sack was deep within the plant and the wasps were quite wary of the camera and quickly left.

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KimPullen wrote:

19 Apr 2019

No need to apologise for the images, Tim - they're great!

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Location information

Coordinates 149.109435 -35.276434
Maps ANBG
Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
14 Apr 2019 12:01 PM Recorded on
TimL Recorded by
Collections
Featured Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Parasitic wasps (numerous families) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Baloskion tetraphyllum subsp. meiostachyum. C622005. ANBG Section 8. Associated plant
5mm to 12mm Animal size

Species information

Podagrionini (tribe) Scientific name
Unidentified mantis parasite wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 654.2m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Record quality

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

Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania