Rhagigaster ephippiger

Smooth flower wasp at ANBG

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.107462-35.276587
• Maps ANBG
• Places Acton, ACT

Sighting information

• 4 - 15 Abundance
• 28 Feb 2024 01:00 PM Recorded on
• HelenCross Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• Leptospermum amboinense Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Mixed Gender
• Breeding behaviour Breeding behaviour
• Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
• True Insect on a 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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