Lissopimpla excelsa

Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid at Molonglo Valley, ACT

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Identification history

	Lissopimpla excelsa	31 Dec 2016	MichaelMulvaney
	Unidentified	28 Dec 2016	galah681

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KimPullen wrote:

31 Dec 2016

Ignoring the beetles in the background, image #1 is Lissopimpla excelsa (a parasitic wasp of the Ichneumonidae). Images 2 and 3 are Cryptocheilus sp. (a spider wasp of the Pompilidae)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

1 Jan 2017

I have made two records from this sighting

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Location information

Coordinates 149.066106 -35.284786
Altitude 609.9m
Maps Sth Tablelands Ecosystem Park
Places Molonglo Valley, ACT

Sighting information

2 Abundance
22 Dec 2016 11:52 AM Recorded on
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Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Parasitic wasps (numerous families) galah681 Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

Leptospermum continentale Associated plant
25mm to 50mm Animal size
Unknown Gender

Species information

Lissopimpla excelsa Scientific name
Orchid dupe wasp, Dusky-winged Ichneumonid Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1314.23m Recorded at altitude
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