Unidentified Potter wasp at Avoca, QLD
Identification history
| Pseudabispa bicolor | 31 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Eumeninae (subfamily) | 31 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Unverified | 21 Jan 2024 | Gaylesp8 |
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I was fascinated with this insect, it was methodically cleaning itself, just the top half, using the first one or two rows of arms/feet. It ran over its antennae, head/mouth pieces and used its arms/legs backwards to rub its upper back. I did not see it cleaning its wings or lower body but may have done that earlier. I managed to get a video of it cleaning itself so methodically which is great to watch.
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Location information
- Places Avoca, QLD
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
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Gaylesp8 NatureMapr Eumeninae (subfamily) Potter wasps (Vespidae, Eumeninae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects
Additional information
- Fern Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Eumeninae (subfamily) Scientific name
- Unidentified Potter wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1249.9m Recorded at altitude
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- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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