Rhagigaster ephippiger

Smooth flower wasp at Mount Painter

Identification history

Identify this sighting

Please Login or Register to identify this sighting.

User's notes

Be the first to comment

Please Login or Register to comment.

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

• Collections

  Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

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
• External link More information

• Synonyms

  Rhagigaster unicolor Rhagigaster mandibularis Rhagigaster binotatus Rhagigaster aethiops Thynnus ueberhorstii

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
• Additional attributes