Sighting 4645880
Scolia (Discolia) verticalis
Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp at Tinderry, NSW
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| Scolia (Discolia) verticalis | SimoneC | 18 Feb 2025 | |
| Austroscolia soror | Csteele4 | 14 Feb 2025 |
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User's notes
Looking cold and poorly, but she perked up when I gave her some flowers to sip from. Beautiful girl.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.286160-35.732782
- Altitude 1198.0m
- Maps Tinderry Nature Reserve
- Places Tinderry, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 14 Feb 2025 04:30 PM Recorded on
- Csteele4 Recorded by
- Bursaria spinosa subsp lasiophylla Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Resting Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- Csteele4 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scolia (Discolia) verticalis Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Scolia (Discolia) verticalis Scientific name
- Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1659.7m Recorded at altitude
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6 / 7
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