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Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) species

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Overview

References:

https://atlasoflife.org.au/resources/know-your-wasps

https://www.ozanimals.com/wildlife/Insect/Wasps.html

https://keys.lucidcentral.org/search/what-wasp-is-that/

Front Page of Interactive Key to Wasp Families

195 species

Sphex pensylvanicus (Great Black Wasp)

Sphex pensylvanicus

Great Black Wasp - Ulladulla Heathland

Sphex pensylvanicus

Great Black Wasp - Ulladulla Heathland
Sphex pensylvanicus

Great Black Wasp - Ulladulla Heathland
Sphex pensylvanicus
Sphex pensylvanicus
Sphex pensylvanicus

Sphex sp. (genus) (Unidentified Sphex digger wasp)

Sphex sp. (genus)
Sphex sp. (genus)
Sphex sp. (genus)
Sphex sp. (genus)
Sphex sp. (genus)
Sphex sp. (genus)

Stenarella victoriae (An ichneumon parasitic wasp)

Stenarella victoriae
Stenarella victoriae
Stenarella victoriae
Stenarella victoriae
Stenarella victoriae
Stenarella victoriae

Stenodyneriellus sp. (genus) (A potter wasp)

Stenodyneriellus sp. (genus)
Stenodyneriellus sp. (genus)
Stenodyneriellus sp. (genus)
Stenodyneriellus sp. (genus)
Stenodyneriellus sp. (genus)
Stenodyneriellus sp. (genus)

Stephanidae (family) (Stephanid wasp)

Stephanidae (family)
Stephanidae (family)
Stephanidae (family)
Stephanidae (family)
Stephanidae (family)
Stephanidae (family)

Stilbum cyanurum (Large Cuckoo Wasp)

Stilbum cyanurum
Stilbum cyanurum
Stilbum cyanurum
Stilbum cyanurum
Stilbum cyanurum
Stilbum cyanurum

Stiromesostenus sp. (genus) (An ichneumon wasp)

Stiromesostenus sp. (genus)

FEMALE

Stiromesostenus sp. (genus)
Stiromesostenus sp. (genus)
Stiromesostenus sp. (genus)
Stiromesostenus sp. (genus)
Stiromesostenus sp. (genus)

Tachynomyia sp. (genus) (A flower wasp)

Tachynomyia sp. (genus)
Tachynomyia sp. (genus)
Tachynomyia sp. (genus)
Tachynomyia sp. (genus)

Tachysphex sp. (genus) (Unidentified Tachysphex sand wasp)

Tachysphex sp. (genus)
Tachysphex sp. (genus)
Tachysphex sp. (genus)
Tachysphex sp. (genus)
Tachysphex sp. (genus)
Tachysphex sp. (genus)

Taeniogonalos sp. (genus) (A hyperparasitic wasp)

Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)
Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)
Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)
Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)
Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)
Taeniogonalos sp. (genus)

Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed) (Bossiaea gall wasp)

Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)
Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)
Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)
Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)
Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)
Tanaostigmodes sp. (genus) (Undescribed)

Telenomus sp. (genus) (Egg parasitoid wasp)

Telenomus sp. (genus)

Wonboyn, dorsal view

Telenomus sp. (genus)

Wonboyn
Telenomus sp. (genus)

Wonboyn, lateral view
Telenomus sp. (genus)
Telenomus sp. (genus)
Telenomus sp. (genus)

Terobiella eucalypti (A wasp forming pointed galls on eucalyptus melliodora)

Terobiella sp. (genus) (A gall forming wasp)

Terobiella sp. (genus)
Terobiella sp. (genus)
Terobiella sp. (genus)
Terobiella sp. (genus)
Terobiella sp. (genus)
Terobiella sp. (genus)

Tetramesa sp. (genus) (Stem-galling wasp)

Tetramesa sp. (genus)
Tetramesa sp. (genus)
Tetramesa sp. (genus)
Tetramesa sp. (genus)
Tetramesa sp. (genus)
Tetramesa sp. (genus)

Theronia maculosa (Ichneumon wasp)

Theronia maculosa
Theronia maculosa
Theronia maculosa
Theronia maculosa
Theronia maculosa
Theronia maculosa

Theronia sp. (genus)

Thynninae (subfamily) (Smooth flower wasp)

Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)
Thynninae (subfamily)

Thynnus sp. (genus) (Native Flower Wasp)

Thynnus zonatus (Native Flower Wasp)

Thynnus zonatus

Male

Thynnus zonatus

Female attached to rear of male
Thynnus zonatus
Thynnus zonatus
Thynnus zonatus
Thynnus zonatus

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Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

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