Callibracon capitator
White Flank Black Braconid Wasp at Dunlop, ACT
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| Callibracon capitator | MichaelMulvaney | 14 May 2020 | |
| Callibracon capitator | Roger | 12 May 2020 |
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User's notes
I have turned the image to get a better view; the wasp was vertical on the branch. My keen-eyed wife noticed that its ovipositor is inserted into the branch, and presumably depositing an egg into what would probably be a long-horned beetle larva.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.977973-35.242847
- Altitude 577.6m
- Maps Woodstock Nature Reserve
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 12 May 2020 02:52 PM Recorded on
- Roger Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Female Gender
Collections
- Roger Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Callibracon capitator Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Callibracon capitator Scientific name
- White Flank Black Braconid Wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 894.2m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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