Sighting 4245104
Thynninae (subfamily)
Smooth flower wasp at Acton, ACT
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| Thynninae (subfamily) | KimPullen | 27 Apr 2020 | |
| Thynninae (subfamily) | JonSteinbeck | 14 Dec 2019 |
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This female Flower Wasp was on a stalk of some very dry native grass. Initially, I thought she was dead and the body was attached to the stalk by a spider web but then I noticed she started to move. This female was acting like an acrobat on a pole, moving its body around the stalk with its two front pairs of legs while its rear legs looked to be stroking its abdomen.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.122175-35.278630
- Altitude 574.1m
- Maps Australian National University ANU Kingsley Precinct
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 8 Dec 2019 11:24 AM Recorded on
- JonSteinbeck Recorded by
- Native long grass Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Collections
- BIrdsinCanberra Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Thynninae (subfamily) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Thynninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Smooth flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1273.4m Recorded at altitude
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