Insects
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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DiBickers wrote:
25 May 2025
@HelenCross has someone suggested Genus Ammophila for you? Their waists and abdomens appear to be more elongated than yours. I would suggest these are likely Tyde’s Sand Wasps (Podalonia tydei).
Ammophila sp. (genus)
DiBickers wrote:
17 May 2025
Likely Genus Tachytes or Genus Tachysphex
Larrini (Tribe)
DiBickers wrote:
9 May 2025
The shape of the face; the silvery-grey around the sides of the thorax (the black on the top of thorax is balding); the orange-coloured translucent wings; & the predominantly burnt-orange abdomen with black tip look very much like the Tyde’s Sand Wasp (Podalonia tydei).
Podalonia tydei
DiBickers wrote:
28 Apr 2025
This looks like Williamsita (Genus). See examples of similar below.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200715008

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101319631

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105748742
Williamsita sp. (genus)
DiBickers wrote:
28 Apr 2025
This looks like Williamsita (Genus). See examples of similar below.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200715008

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101319631

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105748742
Williamsita sp. (genus)

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