Sighting 4712059
Smooth flower wasp at Yarralumla, ACT
Identification history
| Thynninae (subfamily) | 2 Dec 2025 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 21 Nov 2025 | galah681 |
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2 comments
Curiosity
wrote:
22 Nov 2025
@galah681, I'm thinking this might be a male flower wasp with an attached female.
galah681
wrote:
22 Nov 2025
Now I look closely, you could be right. It looks like 2 bodies are there. Rather small for a flower wasp. They would be about 1cm or less, but there may be some small species.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.065946-35.285606
- Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
- Places Yarralumla, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 13 Nov 2025 10:57 AM Recorded on
- galah681 Recorded by
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Collections
galah681 NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Thynninae (subfamily) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- Leptospermum lanigerum Associated plant
- Another insect possibly an ant was feeding close by Associated animal
- Less than 5mm Animal size
- True Insect on a flower
Species information
- Thynninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Smooth flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1273.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
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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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