Sighting 4242566
Unidentified Bembix sand wasp at Hackett, ACT
Identification history
| Bembix sp. (genus) | 22 Nov 2019 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Bembix sp. (genus) | 21 Nov 2019 | TimL |
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User's notes
Part of a mating sequence. The female is on the flower and the male is seen entering from the right of the third image. Like all things with these wasps, mating occurred at high speed and I wasn't able to get the image.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.106872-35.274595
- Altitude 626.3m
- Maps ANBG
- Places Hackett, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 20 Nov 2019 11:35 AM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
Species information
- Bembix sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Bembix sand wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 985.65m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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