Sighting 4625206
Thynninae (subfamily)
Smooth flower wasp at Ainslie, ACT
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| Thynninae (subfamily) | SimoneC | 6 Dec 2024 | |
| Thynninae (subfamily) | jb2602 | 6 Dec 2024 | |
| Apiformes (informal group) | jb2602 | 5 Dec 2024 |
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2 comments
5 Dec 2024
Body very hairy = bee
Basal vein weakly curved, small non-parallel stigma = Leioproctus
Brown tergula = L. launcestonensis
But legs not right, abdomen thin, antennae long.
Basal vein weakly curved, small non-parallel stigma = Leioproctus
Brown tergula = L. launcestonensis
But legs not right, abdomen thin, antennae long.
6 Dec 2024
Correct. It is a thynnine wasp. The first (innermost) of the five segments of the hind foot is wider than the following segments in bees.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.152058-35.259145
- Places Ainslie, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 4 Dec 2024 10:42 PM Recorded on
- jb2602 Recorded by
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Collections
- jb2602 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Thynninae (subfamily) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Thynninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Smooth flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1273.4m Recorded at altitude
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