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Cryptocheilus sp. (genus)

Spider wasp at Molonglo Valley, ACT

Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 22 Dec 2016
Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) at Molonglo Valley, ACT - 22 Dec 2016
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Identification history

Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) 10 Jan 2017 KimPullen
Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) 10 Jan 2017 KimPullen
Pompilidae (family) 31 Dec 2016 MichaelMulvaney
Pompilidae (family) 31 Dec 2016 MichaelMulvaney

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3 comments

   1 Jan 2017
This is a second sighting derived from an original posting for which Kim Pullen provided the following comment

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)
galah681 wrote:
   1 Jan 2017
Thank you for splitting up the photos. I was thinking I should delete these from the original post and reload them, but you beat me to it. There were so many insects buzzing in and out of the bush that I didn't realise there were 2 different species as they were both in the same area and were mainly orange in colour.
KimPullen wrote:
   10 Jan 2017
The beetles are Porrostoma sp., probably P. rhipidium.

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