Rhagigaster ephippiger

Smooth flower wasp at Hughes, ACT

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Location information

• Coordinates 149.102027-35.328232
• Maps Red Hill Nature Reserve Red Hill to Yarralumla Creek
• Places Hughes, ACT

Sighting information

• 1 Abundance
• 22 Jan 2025 11:16 AM Recorded on
• LisaH Recorded by

• Collections

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

Additional information

• bursaria Associated plant
• 12mm to 25mm Animal size
• Alive / healthy Animal health
• 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
• External link More information

• Synonyms

  Rhagigaster unicolor Rhagigaster mandibularis Rhagigaster binotatus Rhagigaster aethiops Thynnus ueberhorstii

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