Rhagigaster ephippiger

Smooth flower wasp at Holder Wetlands

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.047444-35.327917
• Altitude 586.0m
• Maps Holder Wetlands
• Places Coombs, ACT

Sighting information

• 4 - 15 Abundance
• 27 Nov 2023 04:54 PM Recorded on
• Miranda Recorded by

• Collections

  Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Miranda

Additional information

• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Mixed Gender
• Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
• Breeding behaviour Insect behaviour on flower
• True Pollinator Insect on Flower

Species information

• Rhagigaster ephippiger Scientific name
• Smooth flower wasp Common name
• Not Sensitive
• Local native
• Non-invasive or negligible
• Up to 815.47m Recorded at altitude
• Machine learning
• External link More information

• Synonyms

  Rhagigaster unicolor Rhagigaster mandibularis Rhagigaster binotatus Rhagigaster aethiops Thynnus ueberhorstii

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