Bembix Bembix – Image Index
Bembix vespiformis
— see also Bembicinae
A large cosmopolitan group of medium to large predatory sand wasps, the Bembix genera are found throughout Australia. At time of writing (1 January 2025), iNaturalistAU had 136 listed species from around the world (although there are many unidentified species), of which only 52 species listed with observations.
In Australia, iNaturalistAU had listed observations for 6 species:
Bembix aureofasciata Bembix furcata (Blue Sand Wasp)Bembix littoralis Bembix palmata Bembix variabilis Bembix vespiformis (Panda Sand Wasp)
See the following photographs of Bembix sp (some yet to be identified):
Bembix
Bembix vespiformis
Callibracon sp (Braconid Wasp)
Following Bembix genera are yet to be identified to species level:
Bembix sp , Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Bembix sp , Midwest WA © Gary Taylor
Bembix sp (Sand Wasp), Alice Springs Desert Park NT
Bembix Sand Wasp (with grains of sand on thorax), Leeman WA © Sue-Anne McDonald
Bembix sp, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp, Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp , Geraldton, Midwest WA © Gary TaylorBembix sp, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp, Midwest WA © Gary Taylor Bembix sp , Midwest WA © Gary TaylorThe following Bembix sp looks very similar to the above, except for the markings on the top of the thorax.
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Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Informal: Pterygotes Order: Hymenoptera Superfamily: Apoidea Informal: Spheciformes Family: Crabronidae Subfamily: Bembicinae Genus: Bembix
Bembix Bembix – Image Index
Bembix vespiformis
Wasps Wasps Index Australian Large Wasps Australian Mud Nest Wasps Mud Wasp Velvet Ants Abispa ephippium Acarozumia amaliae Aulacidae Australodynerus Bembix Bembicinae Bethylidae Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Braconidae Chrysididae Cryptocheilus Delta latreillei (Potter Wasp) Delta philantes Eumeninae Euodynerus aspra Ferreola handschini (Orange-collared Spider Wasp) Flower Wasps Gasteruptiid Wasp Hairy Flower Wasps Isodontia (Grass-carrying Wasp) Lissopimpla excelsa (Orchid Dupe Wasp) Mutillidae Orange Wasps Paralastor sp. Pseudabispa bicolor ssp. nigrocinctoides Radumeris radula (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Radumeris tasmaniensis (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp) Sceliphron laetum Sphex Thynnid Wasps Tiphiidae Torymus Yellow and Black Wasp
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