Sighting 4466636
Crabronidae (family)
2 Sand wasp at Holder, ACT
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| Crabronidae (family) | SimoneC | 24 Jan 2023 | |
| Crabronidae (family) | SimoneC | 24 Jan 2023 | |
| Unverified | AJB | 24 Jan 2023 |
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User's notes
Hi Michael I really hope this is a bee in my hotel! But it has me stumped. Funny notch on eye near antennae , pointy abdomen end, not carrying pollen but seems to have some fur on face and under thorax and a bit of that bee basal vein. She keeps going in the tunnel seemingly to rest and fuss a bit with the clay pile at the entrance. I could not see a good wasp match but.... Advice appreciated!
2 comments
24 Jan 2023
Ceylalictus perditellus is the only Australian bee with a notch in the inner margin of the eye and that species is yellow and green and easily recognised. Wasps, too, use bee hotels as this one has done.
Location information
- Places Holder, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- AJB Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- AJB 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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Record quality
Quality score
6 / 7
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