Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid at Bruce, ACT
Identification history
| Lissopimpla excelsa | 28 Oct 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 26 Oct 2025 | pennygosling |
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The kids found this fascinating on a walk up Black Mountain. Any tips on what it might be?
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MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
28 Oct 2025
It will be on the hunt for a moth caterpillar in which it will use its long black needle "stinger" or ovipositor to lay her eggs in. The eggs hatch inside the alive caterpillar and the wasp larvae slowly eat their way out. Pretty gruesome.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.094303-35.265073
- Maps Black Mountain
- Places Bruce, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 19 Oct 2025 07:14 AM Recorded on
- pennygosling Recorded by
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pennygosling NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Lissopimpla excelsa Parasitic wasps (numerous families) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
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- Telecommunications hardware Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Lissopimpla excelsa Scientific name
- Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1314.23m Recorded at altitude
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