Radumeris tasmaniensis Female

Radumeris tasmaniensis (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp)Female Male

The female Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp (Radumeris tasmaniensis) have short antennae, compared to that of the male of the species, who have longer antennae.

The yellow colour bands along the abdomen are a stronger colour (sometimes almost yellow/orange) to that of the male, whose yellow bands are a lighter (pale yellow) colour.

Pictured here is the female Radumeris tasmaniensis feeding on the nectar from the flower of Eremophila christophori in Alice Springs, Northern Territory.

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Radumeris tasmaniensis (Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp)Female Male

WaspsWasps 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

InsectsBees Beetles Blattodea Butterflies Coleoptera Cicada Crabronidae Diptera Dragonflies & Damselflies Formicidae Hemiptera Heteroptera Moths Orthoptera Orthopteroid Processionary Caterpillar Stink Bugs, Shield Bugs and Allies Wasps Water Scorpion (Laccotrephes tristis) Witchetty Grub