Sighting 4526901
Sand wasp at Murrumbateman, NSW
Identification history
| Crabronidae (family) | 13 Nov 2023 | SimoneC | ||
| Apocrita (suborder) | 13 Nov 2023 | michael.batley | ||
| Tetragonula carbonaria | 13 Nov 2023 | amiessmacro |
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2 comments
michael.batley
wrote:
13 Nov 2023
Alas, stingless bees need much larger cavities to house their large colonies. I think I can see a notch in the inner margin of the eye which bees do not have (except for one brightly coloured species).
amiessmacro
wrote:
13 Nov 2023
Thank you @michael.batley :) they were quite small on par with leaf cutter bee size
Location information
- Coordinates 149.004740-34.992577
- Places Murrumbateman, NSW
Sighting information
- 2 Abundance
- 13 Nov 2023 06:10 PM Recorded on
- amiessmacro Recorded by
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Collections
amiessmacro Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Crabronidae (family) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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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- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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