Sighting 4718805
1 Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp at Cotter River, ACT
Identification history
| Scolia (Discolia) verticalis | 30 Jan 2026 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Scoliidae (family) | 20 Jan 2026 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 19 Jan 2026 | regeraghty |
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1 comment
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
20 Jan 2026
Yellow markings on head make me think this is not a Blue flower wasp, but perhaps another Austoscolia species
Location information
- Coordinates 148.836943-35.533087
- Maps Namadgi National Park
- Places Cotter River, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 18 Jan 2026 03:25 PM Recorded on
- regeraghty Recorded by
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Collections
regeraghty NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Scolia (Discolia) verticalis Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
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
- External link More information
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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