Smooth flower wasp at Mount Painter
Identification history
| Rhagigaster ephippiger | 31 Dec 2023 | SimoneC | ||
| Rhagigaster ephippiger | 31 Dec 2023 | CathB |
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These wasps have been very common on Leptospermum in recent weeks and are nearly always paired.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.073364-35.268267
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- 4 - 15 Abundance
- 31 Dec 2023 09:39 AM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
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Collections
Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) CathB
Additional information
- Leptospermum Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Mixed Gender
- Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour 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
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Synonyms
Rhagigaster unicolor Rhagigaster mandibularis Rhagigaster binotatus Rhagigaster aethiops Thynnus ueberhorstii
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