lorree's Favorites
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Aeschylia miraObserver
rewildingsuburbiaDescription
Several wasps of both sexes roosting on hakea, grevillea and finica nodosa
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Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)Observer
daniel_healdDescription
on Agonis flexuosa, parasitising these scale insects? >1mm
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Family AphelinidaeObserver
fayearcaro1Description
Small wasp, possibly parasitoid of Leptocneria reducta eggs.
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Family PerilampidaeObserver
fayearcaro1Description
Hyperparasite on green lacewing?
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Xanthesma megastigmaObserver
kerrystuartDescription
Xanthesma (Chaetohesma) megastigma
Females were nesting in the sand.
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Genus AgamerionObserver
fayearcaro1Description
Emerged from lacewing pupa found on Corymbia maculata. Less than 4mm.
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Family LeucospidaeObserver
kerrystuartDescription
Checking out my bee hotel in my backyard.
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Cuckoo Spider Wasps (Genus Ceropales)Observer
kerrystuartDescription
there were half a dozen of these wasps acting like satellite flies hanging around this particular wasp https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/196201923 while it was digging in the sand
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Ants, Bees, Wasps, and Sawflies (Order Hymenoptera)Observer
fayearcaro1Description
On pink flowering Marri
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Genus ParalastorObserver
cinclosomaDescription
@ozzicada Apparently rental properties are in short supply!!
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Square-headed Wasps, Sand Wasps, and Allies (Family Crabronidae)Observer
fayearcaro1
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Blood-painted Masked Bee (Hylaeus sanguinipictus)Observer
kerrystuartDescription
With Leioproctus sp.
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Genus AtaxigamiaObserver
jordanraeDescription
Quite large, dark black wings. Attracted to light.
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Sphex ermineusObserver
gjnDescription
2 individuals excavating 2 different holes in sand bank.
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Carrot Wasps (Family Gasteruptiidae)Observer
pimeleaDescription
It appeared to be laying eggs. Native bees were laying eggs nearby but not in this hole. 2015.
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Ichneumonid and Braconid Wasps (Superfamily Ichneumonoidea)Observer
socksandthongsDescription
Wasp, appprox 10mm long. In a shop window, stuck between the glass and a sign.
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Leafcutter, Mortar, and Resin Bees (Genus Megachile)Observer
hortjeDescription
The native bee was visiting the Cosmos flowers in our garden.
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Barklice, Booklice, and Parasitic Lice (Order Psocodea)Observer
dustawayDescription
Esme Lahey...carrying red mite 'battery pack'
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Ichneumonid Wasps (Family Ichneumonidae)Observer
hortjeDescription
10mm long wasp sitting/flying on the trunk of our Eucalyptus wandoo tree on a very hot day. Collected for Museum studies.
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simongroveDescription
Moss-bug Hemiodoecellus fidelis, Mount Wellington, Tasmania, Australia, December 2018
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Genus TrichilogasterObserver
geoffbyrneDescription
Tiny wasp from a leaf gall
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Chalcidoid Wasps (Superfamily Chalcidoidea)Observer
jeannie_bartramDescription
2mm long
Found on the leaf of a Ficus
Moved onto me while taking the photo then flew away
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suejaggarDescription
Second photo include native reed bee Exoneura to give scale. These insects are tiny - only observed in photo, not with eye sight
Found on Melaleuca lancelota
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Tribe ChrysidiniObserver
gensie33Description
Unsure of what it is but I believe it is a cuckoo wasp. such a beautiful iridescent blue-green.
