Alice Springs Fauna •
Alice Springs WaspsAbispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bembix Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor Delta latreillei Delta philantes Eumeninae Mud Nests and Potter Wasps Orchid Dupe Wasp Paralastor (Potter Wasp) Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Sceliphron laetum Thynnid Flower Wasps Velvet Ant Family (Tribe Dasymutillini) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis)
Native to Australia and Papua New Guinea, the Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) are like other Scoliid wasps, in that the females have short antennae, whilst the male of the species have longer antennae. The female of the species are larger then the male with both male and female Radumeris radula having orange to brownish wings, with very fine veins towards the wing tips.
For more info, check out our Fauna section on Wasps | Blue Hairy Flower Wasp (genus Austroscolia) | Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) | Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis) |
and our blog My yellow hairy bug…
- Scientific classification
- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Arthropoda
- Subphylum: Hexapoda
- Class: Insecta
- Order: Hymenoptera
- Superfamily: Vespoidea
- Family: Scoliidae
- Genus: Radumeris
- Species: Radumeris radula
Alice Springs WaspsAbispa ephippium Agriomyia maculata Bembicinae Bembix Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Cryptocheilus Cryptocheilus bicolor Delta latreillei Delta philantes Eumeninae Mud Nests and Potter Wasps Orchid Dupe Wasp Paralastor (Potter Wasp) Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Sceliphron laetum Thynnid Flower Wasps Velvet Ant Family (Tribe Dasymutillini) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris radula) Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis)
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