Sighting 4537182
Thynninae (subfamily)
Smooth flower wasp at Arthurs Seat, VIC
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| Rhagigaster ephippiger | 27 Feb 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Thynninae (subfamily) | 27 Feb 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Unverified | 18 Dec 2023 | HelenCross |
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1 comment
KylieWaldon
wrote:
3 Jan 2024
Hi Helen. I'm having a guess at Smooth Flower Wasp Rhagigaster ephippiger
Location information
- Places Arthurs Seat, VIC
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- HelenCross Recorded by
- Leptospermum Associated plant
- 25mm to 50mm Animal size
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- Yes Insect on a flower
Collections
- HelenCross NatureMapr Thynninae (subfamily) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Species information
- Thynninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Smooth flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1273.4m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
Quality score
5 / 7
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- GPS evidence of location
- Additional attributes
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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