Sighting 4374600
Black mud-dauber wasp at Evatt, ACT
Identification history
| Pison sp. (genus) | 1 Jul 2023 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Pison westwoodii | 14 Nov 2021 | Amata | ||
| Pison sp. (genus) | 8 Mar 2021 | TimL |
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The wasp was sighted building its mud nest in the mortar joint behind a downpipe. Additional details are provided in following sighting 4374601.
4 comments
TimL
wrote:
19 Nov 2021
Sure @Birdy. The brick mortar joint is 15mm high so from the second image I've assumed the wasp is around 20mm body length, or 25mm allowing for the antennae.
Amata
wrote:
19 May 2022
Hi Tim, sorry for the late reply. Based on a 20mm size, I don't think that it Pison westwoodii, which is only 9 mm. It could be Pison spinolae, with can be as big as 16mm, though I'm not yet sure. You said around 20mm, so could it have been as small as 16mm?
TimL
wrote:
19 May 2022
Hi @Birdy. Thanks for your help with the identification. I've rechecked the brick mortar joint dimension at the location where the wasp nest was (long since gone) and conservatively, allowing for the antennae, then 25mm overall body length seems right, based on the second image. Maybe just less than 20mm head to tail length when not taking the antennae into account, but I think 16mm might be too small. Hope this helps. Tim
Location information
- Coordinates 149.064036-35.213313
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Feb 2021 01:52 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
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Collections
TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Pison sp. (genus) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
Species information
- Pison sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Black mud-dauber wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 830.18m Recorded at altitude
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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