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

Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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KimberiRP wrote:
16 Jun 2025
I agree, Pison sp.
Pison sp. (genus)
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)

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Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

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