Sighting 4449550
Tiphiidae (family)
Unidentified Smooth flower wasp at Evatt, ACT
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| Tiphiidae (family) | Amata | 21 Oct 2022 | |
| Tiphiidae (family) | TimL | 21 Oct 2022 |
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A follow up sighting to 4449549 providing additional close-up detail of the female flower wasp. In the first image, orange coloured pollen grains can be seen on top of the wasp’s body, within the segment joints. These orange pollen grains and a larger single white pollen grain can also be seen in the final image together with some detail of the head to body connection, including a section of exoskeleton shielding that connection.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.063953-35.213362
- Altitude 598.9m
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Oct 2022 01:31 PM Recorded on
- TimL Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Female Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Tiphiidae (family) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Tiphiidae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified Smooth flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1424.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
7 / 7
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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