Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)

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Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)

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KMcCue wrote:

18 Feb 2025

This flowering shrub is a huge magnet for insects though they have to battle multitudes of European Wasps. Thanks again for the id, maybe I will learn to id them myself one day.

Scoliidae (family)

SimoneC wrote:

31 Jan 2025

Possibly Anthobosca sp.

Anthoboscinae sp. (subfamily)

SimoneC wrote:

16 Jan 2025

The male does look a bit like a Diamma, but the female is something else, so I suspect a top down view should show the male is not a Diamma

Tiphiidae (family)

WendyEM wrote:

11 Jan 2025

wingless female flower wasp called "Blue Ant" https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/blue-ant/