Spider wasp at Molonglo Valley, ACT
Identification history
| Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) | 17 Dec 2021 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Cryptocheilus bicolor | 15 Dec 2021 | Amata | ||
| Cryptocheilus bicolor | 15 Dec 2021 | trevorpreston | ||
| Unverified | 15 Dec 2021 | trevorpreston |
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Huge wasp, about 40mm, black body tan wings. I wasn't game enough to get too close, hence the crazy photos. I saw a few of these going in and out of burrows in the side of the road bank.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.014089-35.296158
- Maps Piney Ridge Denman Prospect 2 Estate Deferred Area (Block 12) Bluetts Block (402, 403, 12, 11)
- Places Molonglo Valley, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 15 Dec 2021 03:45 PM Recorded on
- trevorpreston Recorded by
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Collections
trevorpreston Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) Spider wasps (Pompilidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) Scientific name
- Spider wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1053m Recorded at altitude
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Record quality
- 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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