Sighting 4208684
Native Flower Wasp at Mittagong, NSW
Identification history
| Catocheilus sp. (genus) | 14 Nov 2025 | Jimbobo | ||
| Thynnus zonatus | 17 Aug 2019 | MichaelBedingfield | ||
| Thynnus zonatus | 9 May 2019 | MattM |
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User's notes
Sunning herself on a leaf in dry Eucalypt forest on a 37*C day. She was coping remarkably well with the heat.
1 comment
Jimbobo
wrote:
14 Nov 2025
This is a female, Catocheilus sp. Not Thynnus zonatus. These have been misidentified in many places on the internet. Refer to recent revision of Thynnid Wasps- https://mapress.com/zt/announcement/view/56
Location information
- Coordinates 150.447000-34.444000
- Maps Mittagong Wingecarribee Local Government Area
- Places Mittagong, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 17 Jan 2019 02:02 PM Recorded on
- MattM Recorded by
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Collections
MattM NatureMapr Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects Thynnus zonatus Featured
Species information
- Thynnus zonatus Scientific name
- Native Flower Wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 576m to 755.52m 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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