Sighting 4628843
Sceliphron formosum
Formosum mud-dauber at Higgins, ACT
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| Sceliphron formosum | SimoneC | 17 Dec 2024 | |
| Sceliphron laetum | Jennybach | 16 Dec 2024 |
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i was watering new plantings when the wasp rushed in and dived into the mud at my feet and proceeded to acrobatically immerse itself in the mud and gyrate around for a while.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.029206-35.228288
- Places Higgins, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Dec 2024 04:19 PM Recorded on
- Jennybach Recorded by
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Collections
- Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects Jennybach Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Sceliphron formosum
Species information
- Sceliphron formosum Scientific name
- Formosum mud-dauber Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 691.3m Recorded at altitude
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5 / 7
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