Sighting 4423636
1 Blue Flower Wasp at Albury, NSW
Identification history
| Austroscolia soror | 10 Feb 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Austroscolia soror | 9 Feb 2022 | ClaireSee |
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User's notes
This large blue black insect has been buzzing around for several days, finally captured an image while it was on the ground
3 comments
KylieWaldon
wrote:
9 Feb 2022
excellent shot Claire. I got one at Yackandandah on the weekend but although I could see the blue when it flew I couldn't capture it on film.
KylieWaldon
wrote:
10 Feb 2022
I agree. They are certainly not small. But beautiful when you can get that blue to show.
Location information
- Places Albury, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- ClaireSee Recorded by
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Collections
ClaireSee Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects Austroscolia soror
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
Species information
- Austroscolia soror Scientific name
- Blue Flower Wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 900m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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Synonyms
Scolia soror
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
- Description
- Additional attributes