Unidentified Potter wasp at Holt, ACT
Identification history
| Eumeninae (subfamily) | 25 Mar 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Eumeninae (subfamily) | 15 Jan 2021 | argybee | ||
| Unidentified | 14 Jan 2021 | trevorpreston |
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User's notes
Small bee or wasp, elongated black and orange banded abdomen. It spent a long time collecting nectar in this flower.
2 comments
michael.batley
wrote:
15 Jan 2021
The difference between wasp-mimic bees in the genus Hyleoides and the wasps they mimic is that the bees are unable to fold their wings longitudinally.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.079398-35.267828
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Holt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Jan 2021 09:33 AM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) trevorpreston
Additional information
- Daisy, possibly Coronidium sp. Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Eumeninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified Potter wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1249.9m 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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