Sighting 4417656
Crabronidae (family)
2 Sand wasp at Page, ACT
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| Crabronidae (family) | SimoneC | 27 Dec 2022 | |
| Sphecinae sp. (subfamily) | MichaelMulvaney | 10 Aug 2022 | |
| Lipotriches (Austronomia) australica | DonTaylor | 10 Jan 2022 |
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3 comments
10 Jan 2022
It is rather like L. australica, but the wing venation and hind leg give the game away. It certainly seems to be in the Sphecidae, which means close to bees, but I can't think of a genus with a notch in the eye margin. Perhaps I am imagining that feature.
10 Jan 2022
Thanks, Michael...apologies for the lack of quality on the images. A touch too close for the long lens I had on. L. australica was the best I could come up with...hopefully it will return. It was flying through the garden and landed on the garden stake, then walked up to the top to investigate. Then took off to the wind. There have been a couple of mud wasps around the garden, so might be in company. Will try to get better evidence... Thanks again.
27 Dec 2022
Crabronidae rather than Sphecinae, from the shape of the abdomen which is petiolate in the Sphecinae
Location information
- Coordinates 149.045300-35.240800
- Altitude 615.0m
- Places Page, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 10 Jan 2022 12:40 PM Recorded on
- DonTaylor Recorded by
- Bamboo plant stake Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- DonTaylor Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Crabronidae (family) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Crabronidae (family) Scientific name
- Sand wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 769m Recorded at altitude
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