1 Unidentified chalcid wasp at Mount Painter
Identification history
| Chalcididae (family) | 2 Dec 2023 | SimoneC | ||
| Chalcididae (family) | 2 Dec 2023 | CathB |
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User's notes
The wasp seemed very attracted to this pupal case. It kept flying away and then returning to investigate further
1 comment
CathB
wrote:
11 Jul 2025
See sighting 4682195 which shows the contents of this pupal case 18 months later
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073378-35.268289
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Belconnen, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 22 Nov 2023 04:52 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Chalcididae (family) Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- Cryptocephaline beetle pupal case Associated animal
- Less than 5mm Animal size
Species information
- Chalcididae (family) Scientific name
- Unidentified chalcid wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 907.8m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
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