Sighting 4368704
Tiphiidae (family)
Unidentified Smooth flower wasp at O'Connor, ACT
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| Tiphiidae (family) | MichaelMulvaney | 7 Apr 2021 | |
| Tiphiidae (family) | JonLewis | 25 Jan 2021 | |
| Unverified | ConBoekel | 25 Jan 2021 |
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User's notes
A total guess as to what sort of insect it is. It does not have wings. Its antennae look like an extra pair of eggs. Its legs look more like a robber fly's than an ant.
2 comments
25 Jan 2021
Hi Con, nice photo. This looks like a type of wingless flower wasp. There are similar ones in the CNM Tiphiidae category and it looks like it might be pretty closely related to Diamma bicolor, known as a Blue Ant even though it is actually a wasp. See https://canberra.naturemapr.org/sightings/3876115. Cheers, Jon
25 Jan 2021
Jon
Thank you. I had never heard of such creatures. Life is wonderful with a macro lens in hand!
Thank you. I had never heard of such creatures. Life is wonderful with a macro lens in hand!
Location information
- Coordinates 149.109027-35.260390
- Altitude 614.2m
- Maps Dryandra St Woodland
- Places O'Connor, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Jan 2021 08:19 AM Recorded on
- ConBoekel Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- ConBoekel Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tiphiidae (family) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
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
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
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