Sighting 4429787
Smooth flower wasp at West Wodonga, VIC
Identification history
| Thynninae (subfamily) | 30 Mar 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 29 Mar 2022 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
I tracked this wasp for some time in the kangaroo grass always landing pointing to the ground and always facing belly towards me. Not sure what the round thing was but was atttached.
2 comments
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
30 Mar 2022
In flower wasps the flightless female is carried around by the male to feed. She is rolled herself into a bit of a ball in your photo
Location information
- Coordinates 146.830137-36.127178
- Maps Felltimber Creek NCR Wodonga
- Places West Wodonga, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 27 Mar 2022 08:24 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Thynninae (subfamily) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- kangaroo grass Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
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
- 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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