Austroscolia soror

Blue Flower Wasp at Richardson, ACT

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Identification history

	Austroscolia soror	6 Jan 2025	MichaelMulvaney
	Unverified	5 Jan 2025	SMOT

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User's notes

Large black wasp possibly Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Wasp)

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SMOT wrote:

6 Jan 2025

Thank you for the proper identification Michael. Once you compare this specimen with the North American Great Black wasp it is clearly different. Good to know there is not another invasive species in the garden.

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Location information

Places Richardson, ACT

Sighting information

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

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Unknown Gender
Alive / healthy Animal health
Other activity Insect behaviour on flower

Species information

Austroscolia soror Scientific name
Blue Flower Wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 900m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
External link More information
Synonyms
Scolia soror

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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

Tasmania