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Unid Wasp
Identified as Ichneumonidae on Bowerbird by Ken Walker

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 6-13 August 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 20-27 August 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 27 November to 4 December 2020

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 27 November to 4 December 2020

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 24 September to 1 October 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 15-22 October 2021

Seems to key to this through Gauld. I'm assuming Gauld Phygadeuontini == Phygadeuontini and Mesostenini == Cryptini. I can get more photos if needed.

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 29 October to 5 November 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 3-10 December 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 31 December 2021 - 7 January 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 7-14 January 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 6-13 May 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia. 2-9 April 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 13-20 August 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 26 August to 2 September 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 23-30 September 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 11-18 March 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 11-18 February 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 20-27 August 2021

Small, maybe 5mm.

Backyard

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 5-12 November 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 7-14 January 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 4-11 February 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 11-18 February 2022

6 mm

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Ausralia, 21-28 May 2021

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 18-25 February 2022

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 29 July to 5 August 2022

Sample from SLAM trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 27 January to 3 February 2023

Same as https://inaturalist.ala.org.au/observations/145499147

Sample from SLAM trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 27 January to 3 February 2023

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 25 June to 2 July 2021

Scale 0.5 mm; From kitchen window found dead

On Westringia

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 23-30 September 2022

Hunting around a correa.

Emerged from lacewing pupa found on Corymbia maculata. Less than 4mm.

Parasitic wasp

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 15-22 October 2021

An Ichneumon. I found this species once before (at Mt Field NP), so I guess it needs wet forest rather than altitude.

Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 7-14 October 2022

Approx 7mm long. Caught and released

wonderful wasp on wall, ~1cm

Approx 6mm long . Caught and released

Distinctive orange front legs.