Sighting 4247867
Tachysphex sp. (genus)
Unidentified Tachysphex sand wasp at Acton, ACT
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| Tachysphex sp. (genus) | MichaelMulvaney | 9 Mar 2020 | |
| Tachysphex sp. (genus) | WHall | 14 Jan 2020 |
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This wasp was observed digging a burrow, bringing a grasshopper to the burrow, back-filling the burrow and then covering the site with plant material.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.108849-35.278838
- Maps ANBG
- Places Acton, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 13 Jan 2020 12:00 AM Recorded on
- WHall Recorded by
- Grasshopper which was the prey of the wasp. image included Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Burrow Breeding behaviour
Collections
- Insects Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) WHall Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tachysphex sp. (genus)
Species information
- Tachysphex sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Unidentified Tachysphex sand wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 607.8m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
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5 / 7
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location