Insects
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)

Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)

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Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae)

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KMcCue wrote:
18 Feb 2025
This flowering shrub is a huge magnet for insects though they have to battle multitudes of European Wasps. Thanks again for the id, maybe I will learn to id them myself one day.
Scoliidae (family)
SimoneC wrote:
31 Jan 2025
Possibly Anthobosca sp.
Anthoboscinae sp. (subfamily)
SimoneC wrote:
16 Jan 2025
The male does look a bit like a Diamma, but the female is something else, so I suspect a top down view should show the male is not a Diamma
Tiphiidae (family)
WendyEM wrote:
11 Jan 2025
wingless female flower wasp called "Blue Ant" https://australian.museum/learn/animals/insects/blue-ant/
Diamma bicolor
VanceLawrence wrote:
11 Jan 2025
Well, that explains why none of us in the party had seen one before. Thanks @NateKingsford
Diamma bicolor

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