3 Orange Spider Wasp at Fyshwick, ACT
Identification history
| Cryptocheilus bicolor | 22 Mar 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Cryptocheilus bicolor | 21 Mar 2025 | Tawny4 |
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User's notes
Spider wasp turned out to be hunting for spider under a branch. It dragged its prey backwards > 10 m presumably to its nest site.
1 comment
Jennybach
wrote:
2 Apr 2025
Fascinating but raw. Once again Naturemapr pics reveal an epic contest taking place under our feet but rarely observed.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.158302-35.315176
- Altitude 593.0m
- Maps Jerrabomberra Wetlands
- Places Fyshwick, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 21 Mar 2025 11:39 AM Recorded on
- Tawny4 Recorded by
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Collections
Tawny4 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Featured Cryptocheilus bicolor Spider wasps (Pompilidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Huntsman spider Associated animal
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Cryptocheilus bicolor Scientific name
- Orange Spider Wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1143.7m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Heterodontonyx bicolor
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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