Sighting 4372416
Australelis anthracina
Flower wasp at Dunlop, ACT
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| Australelis anthracina | DiBickers | 2 Mar 2025 | |
| Laeviscolia frontalis | MichaelMulvaney | 19 Feb 2021 | |
| Laeviscolia frontalis | kasiaaus | 18 Feb 2021 |
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3 comments
1 Mar 2025
@MichaelMulvaney I’ve recently learned of another candidate called Australelis anthracina which also has the two yellow spots on the abdomen.
Laeviscolia frontalis has yellow on the vertex in females & yellow on the pronotum in males & this specimen appears to have neither, so I’m thinking it’s likely to be Australelis anthracina which I can’t find as an option to use as a Suggestion😊
Laeviscolia frontalis has yellow on the vertex in females & yellow on the pronotum in males & this specimen appears to have neither, so I’m thinking it’s likely to be Australelis anthracina which I can’t find as an option to use as a Suggestion😊
1 Mar 2025
Thanks Di. I will leave it up to Michael to suggest the Australelis anthracina ID.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.016968-35.193712
- Altitude 576.3m
- Places Dunlop, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 17 Feb 2021 02:25 PM Recorded on
- kasiaaus Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Collections
- kasiaaus NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Australelis anthracina Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Australelis anthracina Scientific name
- Flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 639.9m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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