Unidentified Smooth flower wasp at Paddys River, ACT
Identification history
| Tiphiidae (family) | 8 Sep 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Tiphiidae (family) | 8 Sep 2020 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Unidentified | 8 Sep 2020 | TimL |
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Over a period of about a minute, the male wasp was seen using its back legs to try and remove the attached wingless female. The final image shows the male wasp just after the female had dropped away.
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Location information
- Coordinates 148.911538-35.464592
- Altitude 748.7m
- Maps Tidbinbilla Nature Reserve
- Places Paddys River, ACT
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 6 Sep 2020 01:10 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Insects Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) TimL
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
Species information
- Tiphiidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Smooth flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1424.8m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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