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

Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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Podalonia tydei at Freshwater Creek, VIC by WendyEM
Sceliphron laetum (Common mud dauber wasp) at Forde, ACT by DPRees125
Sceliphron formosum (Formosum mud-dauber) at Higgins, ACT by Jennybach
Williamsita sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT by Jubeyjubes
Isodontia sp. (genus) (Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp) at Melba, ACT by kasiaaus
Crabronidae (family) (Sand wasp) at Bungendore, NSW by clarehoneydove
Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp) at Jerrabomberra, NSW by DianneClarke
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by JohnBundock
Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp) at Carwoola, NSW by AmyT
Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1
Sceliphron sp. (formosum or laetum) (Sceliphron mud dauber wasp) at Mount Kembla, NSW by BackyardHabitatProject
Pison sp. (genus) (Black mud-dauber wasp) at Chisholm, ACT by RomanSoroka
Isodontia sp. (genus) at Killara, VIC by KylieWaldon
Crabronidae (family) (Sand wasp) at Campbell, ACT by Hejor1
Sphex sp. (genus) (Unidentified Sphex digger wasp) at Jerrabomberra, NSW by DianneClarke
Cerceris sp. (genus) (Unidentified Cerceris wasp) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1
Crabronidae (family) at Russell, ACT by Hejor1
Bembix sp. (genus) (Unidentified Bembix sand wasp) at Acton, ACT by HelenCross
Sceliphron formosum at Gibberagee, NSW by Bungybird
Bembix sp. (genus) at Gibberagee, NSW by Bungybird
Sceliphron laetum at Gibberagee, NSW by Bungybird

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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)
RomanSoroka wrote:
2 Dec 2024
This may be Pison spinolae
Pison sp. (genus)
KimberiRP wrote:
30 Jul 2024
Rhopalum sp. in Hymenoptera: Crabronidae
Rhopalum sp. (genus)
michael.batley wrote:
15 Jul 2024
Having come across this picture by accident, can I ask whether it might be a Bembix species?
Tachysphex sp. (genus)

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Podalonia tydei

Sceliphron laetum at Forde, ACT

Sceliphron laetum at Forde, ACT

Williamsita sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT

Sceliphron formosum at Higgins, ACT

Sceliphron laetum at Higgins, ACT

Crabronidae (family) at Bungendore, NSW

Isodontia sp. (genus) at Melba, ACT

Isodontia sp. (genus) at Melba, ACT

Apocrita (suborder) at Bungendore, NSW

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