Calopompilus
A spider wasp(genus) at Florey, ACT
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| Calopompilus | SimoneC | 15 May 2024 | |
| Calopompilus irritabilis | KorinneM | 11 May 2024 |
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Looking at the information from the papers for identifying at this link, I think it's the species I've suggested. https://www.inaturalist.org/journal/dhobern/24264-australian-calopompilus-species
7 comments
13 May 2024
@SimoneC I am notoriously bad at judging sizes of what I submit. The wider version of one of the shots shows part of one of my border rocks and some other bits of tan bark. I think I've been able to identify one of the bits of tan bark in the photo to get a rough idea of the scale (yes, I've wandered outside in the dark and cold and a tape measure). I'm going to say looking at that that it was around 10-12 mm roughly. Seeing as I'm still getting things off my camera and the original 40 photos of the wasp are on that, I explored and none of them will allow me to get much idea of a size scale. This was with a 100 mm macro lens on the canon R5, so lots of pixels.
13 May 2024
@SimoneC additionally, on another photo I had on the camera it had its wings a bit out from its body. The wings are darkish in colour, but are semi-see-through.
13 May 2024
@SimoneC if one visits me again this year in Summer, I'll make sure to get a better size estimate. :-) I'm happy enough if you think that this just needs to be at a genus level.
15 May 2024
Thanks Korinne, I think you probably are correct in your suggested ID, but I will leave it at the genus level at this stage. Could you include the image showing the wings out from the body?
6 Jul 2024
Hi @SimoneC . Took me a while, but I've just replaced one of the photos with the photo showing the wings out.
Location information
- Places Florey, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- KorinneM Recorded by
- Dragging a paralysed spider to a hole in the ground. Associated animal
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- KorinneM Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Calopompilus sp. (genus) Spider wasps (Pompilidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Calopompilus Scientific name
- A spider wasp(genus) Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 936m Recorded at altitude
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