2 Braconid-mimic plant bug at Deakin, ACT
Identification history
| Trilaccus mimeticus | 9 Apr 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Trilaccus mimeticus | 9 Apr 2023 | SimoneC | ||
| Callibracon sp. (genus) | 26 May 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Callibracon sp. (genus) | 19 Feb 2021 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unidentified | 18 Feb 2021 | LisaH |
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User's notes
This strikingly coloured wasp was doing something interesting . . . feeding?
5 comments
SimoneC
wrote:
9 Apr 2023
I just noticed this bug hiding in amongst our wasps. You can see its piercing mouthparts feeding on an aphid or something similar. The antennae also have much longer segments than wasps generally do.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.103595-35.327246
- Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve
- Places Deakin, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Feb 2021 02:51 PM Recorded on
- LisaH Recorded by
Additional information
- Acacia Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Trilaccus mimeticus Scientific name
- Braconid-mimic plant bug Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Unknown
- Up to 704m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Confirmed by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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