Sighting 4445267
Unidentified solitary wasp at Albury, NSW
Identification history
| Crabroninae (subfamily) | 11 Oct 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Unverified | 24 Sep 2022 | KylieWaldon |
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User's notes
In flight this insect looked more like a damselfly with its stiff stick like rear end but when it landed Its head looked more like a bee or a wasp. Don't think I've seen it before.
2 comments
KimberiRP
wrote:
26 Sep 2022
It's a wasp, possibly genus Trypoxylon but difficult to see any detail.
KylieWaldon
wrote:
26 Sep 2022
thank you KimberiRP. it was tiny. The camera had difficultly seeing it.
Location information
- Coordinates 146.900987-36.071675
- Places Albury, NSW
Sighting information
- 3 Abundance
- 24 Sep 2022 10:21 AM Recorded on
- KylieWaldon Recorded by
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Collections
KylieWaldon Albury, Wodonga NatureMapr Crabroninae (subfamily) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- Bitter Pea and other pea shrubs Associated plant
- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
Species information
- Crabroninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified solitary wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 770m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
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
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