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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Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Burra, NSW by deridada
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by KarinNeufeld
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Marion Bay, TAS by VanessaC
Bembecinus sp. (genus) (A sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by DianneClarke
Unidentified Sand or digger wasp (Crabronidae or Sphecidae) at Leneva, VIC by KylieWaldon
Pison sp. (genus) at Lenah Valley, TAS by VanessaC
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by DianneClarke
Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp) at Burrinjuck, NSW by Bidge
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Lower Borough, NSW by mcleana
Podalonia tydei (Caterpillar-hunter wasp) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by CraigW
Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum) at North Ryde, NSW by Hejor1
Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp) at Goulburn, NSW by Hejor1
Podalonia tydei (Caterpillar-hunter wasp) at Acton, ACT by AlisonMilton
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by AlisonMilton
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by AlisonMilton
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) 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
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

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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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Cerceris sp. (genus) at Burra, NSW

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Marion Bay, TAS

Bembix sp. (genus) at Marion Bay, TAS

Bembecinus sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Pison sp. (genus)

Bembix sp. (genus) at Acton, ACT

Isodontia sp. (genus) at Burrinjuck, NSW

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