Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Yarralumla, ACT - 24 Dec 2024 by Gallpix

Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Hall, ACT - 10 Apr 2024 by Anna123

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 20 Nov 2019 by TimL

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT - 24 Nov 2022 by Roger

Ampulicidae (family) (Cockroach Wasp) at Paddys River, ACT - 4 Aug 2023 by CanberraDSN

Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp) at Evatt, ACT - 23 Nov 2021 by TimL

Podalonia tydei (Caterpillar-hunter wasp) at Fyshwick, ACT - 22 Oct 2020 by DPRees125

Sceliphron formosum (Formosum mud-dauber) at Evatt, ACT - 6 Dec 2018 by TimL

Latest sightings

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT by AlisonMilton

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by WHall

Crabroninae (subfamily) (Unidentified solitary wasp) at Acton, ACT by regeraghty

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by JohnBundock

Crabronidae (family) at Casey, ACT by Hejor1

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) at Casey, ACT by Hejor1

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) at Casey, ACT by Hejor1

Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Michelago, NSW by Harrisi

Crabronidae (family) (Sand wasp) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1

Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Campbell, ACT by Hejor1

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) (Unidentified sand wasp) at Bowning, NSW by Maren

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by Thurstan

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Campbell, ACT by Pirom

Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove

Sphecinae sp. (subfamily) (Unidentified Sand or Digger wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove

Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Hackett, ACT by Pirom

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families) (Unidentified sand wasp) at Bowning, NSW by Maren

Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Murrumbateman, NSW by amiessmacro

Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Yarralumla, ACT by Gallpix

Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Hall, ACT by Anna123

Crabroninae (subfamily) (Unidentified solitary wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by regeraghty

Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp) at Hackett, ACT by Pirom

Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by JohnBundock

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SimoneC wrote:

13 Jan 2025

@Hejor1 could you please move images 4 & 5 to a separate sighting they not the same species

Crabronidae (family)

JohnBundock wrote:

12 Jan 2025

Thanks, WHall.

Bembix sp. (genus)

WHall wrote:

12 Jan 2025

John, a Bembix sand wasp??

Bembix sp. (genus)

SimoneC wrote:

5 Dec 2024

Thanks for the ID Kim

Rhopalum sp. (genus)

SimoneC wrote:

3 Dec 2024

Very hard to tell the over 100 species apart

Pison sp. (genus)

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Bembix sp. (genus)

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Crabroninae (subfamily) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Crabronidae (family)

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)

Sceliphron laetum at Michelago, NSW

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