Insects
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) field guide

Add a sighting Subscribe
Continue reading

Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)
Parasitic wasps (numerous families)
Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae)
Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)
Social or paper-nest wasps (Vespidae, Polistinae & Vespinae)
Spider wasps (Pompilidae)
Other wasps
Velvet Ants (Mutillidae)

Filter

Clear
Critically endangered * Endangered * Vulnerable * Very rare / threatened Rare or uncommon native Local native Non-local native Vagrant native Cosmopolitan Migratory Exotic Locally extinct Unknown
Non-invasive or negligible Minor weed or pest Medium weed or pest Major weed or pest Severe weed or pest Unknown

Page 7 of 9

179

Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp)

Pison sp. (genus)
Pison sp. (genus)
Pison sp. (genus)
Pison sp. (genus)

Platygastridae (family) (Platygastrid wasp)

Platygastridae (family)
Platygastridae (family)
Platygastridae (family)

Podagrionini (tribe) (Unidentified mantis parasite wasp)

Podagrionini (tribe)
Podagrionini (tribe)
Podagrionini (tribe)

Podalonia tydei (Caterpillar-hunter wasp)

Podalonia tydei
Podalonia tydei
Podalonia tydei
Podalonia tydei

Poecilocryptus sp. (genus) (Yellow Ichneumon)

Poecilocryptus sp. (genus)
Poecilocryptus sp. (genus)
Poecilocryptus sp. (genus)

Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus (Red paper wasp)

Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus
Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus
Polistes (Gyrostoma) erythrinus

Polistes (Polistella) humilis (Common Paper Wasp)

Polistes (Polistella) humilis
Polistes (Polistella) humilis
Polistes (Polistella) humilis

Polistes sp. (genus) (Unidentified paper wasp)

Polistes sp. (genus)
Polistes sp. (genus)
Polistes sp. (genus)

Pompilidae (family) (Unidentified Spider wasp)

Pompilidae (family)
Pompilidae (family)
Pompilidae (family)
Pompilidae (family)

Praestochrysis sp. (genus) (Cuckoo wasp)

Praestochrysis sp. (genus)
Praestochrysis sp. (genus)
Praestochrysis sp. (genus)

Primeuchroeus sp. (genus) (Cuckoo Wasp)

Primeuchroeus sp. (genus)
Primeuchroeus sp. (genus)
Primeuchroeus sp. (genus)

Prionyx sp. (genus) (Giant Thread-waisted Wasp)

Prionyx sp. (genus)
Prionyx sp. (genus)
Prionyx sp. (genus)

Pristaulacus sp. (genus) (A parasitic wasp)

Pristaulacus sp. (genus)
Pristaulacus sp. (genus)
Pristaulacus sp. (genus)

Pristomerus sp. (genus) (An ichneumon wasp)

Pristomerus sp. (genus)
Pristomerus sp. (genus)
Pristomerus sp. (genus)

Pseudabispa bicolor (A potter wasp)

Pseudabispa bicolor
Pseudabispa bicolor
Pseudabispa bicolor

Pseudofoenus sp. (genus) (Unidentified bee-parasite wasp, burrowing bee parasite wasp)

Pseudofoenus sp. (genus)
Pseudofoenus sp. (genus)
Pseudofoenus sp. (genus)

Psoropempula sp. (genus) (A spider wasp)

Psoropempula sp. (genus)
Psoropempula sp. (genus)
Psoropempula sp. (genus)

Pteromalidae (family) (Pteromalid wasp)

Pteromalidae (family)
Pteromalidae (family)
Pteromalidae (family)

Pycnobraconoides sp. (genus) (A Braconid wasp)

Pycnobraconoides sp. (genus)
Pycnobraconoides sp. (genus)
Pycnobraconoides sp. (genus)

Radumeris tasmaniensis (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp)

Radumeris tasmaniensis
Radumeris tasmaniensis
Radumeris tasmaniensis

1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 

1,906,802 sightings of 21,354 species from 13,164 contributors
CCA 3.0 | privacy
We acknowledge the Traditional Owners of this land and acknowledge their continuing connection to their culture. We pay our respects to their Elders past and present.