Category: Wasps
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This pretty girl is the Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp
Author Norm Farmer ◦ This pretty girl is the Vase-cell Mud-dauber Wasp (Sceliphron formosum) a type of mud-dauber wasp that builds pot-shaped nests out of mud. She pops into the granny flat each day, makes her nest in the kitchen… Continue reading
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Ask 10 entomologists for an identification…
Author Marianne Broug ◦ It started with a pleasant Sunday stroll in the Hills … I was about to sit down on a bench but saw a delightful little blue-winged wasp. I decided to photograph it before sitting down. I… Continue reading
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obliging enough to pose…
Author Deb Taylor ◦ This wasp was first sighted moving across gravel and mulch on the ground (as shown in last 3 photos) but after flying away alighted in a nearby Cotoneaster where it stayed for quite some time. kerrileeharris… Continue reading
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is it still really necessary to get pinned specimens in order to get published?
Author Phil Warburton ◦ I found this interesting wasp at the Ulladulla Wildflower Reserve on the NSW south Coast. I believe it is a Calopompilus sp. and I think it is an undescribed species. We can quickly eliminate 10 of… Continue reading
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Look at me… and tell me I’m not a great pollinator…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Strolling through the parks and gardens, links us with the natural world around us. The enjoyment of a national park and a botanic garden provides us with the connection to mother nature. A closer look at… Continue reading
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labour of love… native wasps
Author Koh Lin ◦ Continuing on with my labour of love… we have open our eyes to the many wasps that are found here in Australia. Indeed, it is the mud wasps that first kindled our interests, especially seeing them… Continue reading
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A male Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp
Author Koh Lin ◦ Some times I wonder… who is lucky… the insect that I have rescued from the swimming pool… or me, having the opportunity to capture some closeup photos. Here I was, doing my usual ground maintenance, when… Continue reading
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The perfect wasp
Author Gary Taylor ◦ The perfect wasp. So after first spotting this gorgeous little creature, not knowing what it was but seriously disappointed at not getting a pic, 🙁 despite the wind and cloud, I drove the 130 Km ’round… Continue reading
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How blue is black…
Author Koh Lin ◦ Sometimes the common name can provide all you need to know… but now and again, it may not say enough. Life is funny like that, as what you see at that moment, may not be the… Continue reading
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Bembix YY 5000 and Bembix XY 5000
Author Gary Taylor ◦ From several metres away, as some zipped from flower to flower while others, typical of some male bees, seemed to hover territorially over “their” patch, for a moment I thought I might have found another “new”… Continue reading
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flying so close…
Author Koh Lin ◦ When she wants to fly around you… stop… be still… and observe… It is amazing to see Mother Nature so close… but I had to draw a line, when she was checking out my ankles as… Continue reading
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What a Wonderful World…
Author Koh Lin ◦ One of my favourite songs growing up is What a Wonderful World, as sung by Louis Armstrong… the words resonating in my working day and through my life… I see trees of green, red roses too…… Continue reading