Bembix sp. (genus)

3 Unidentified Bembix sand wasp at Hackett, ACT

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Identification history

	Bembix sp. (genus)	8 Feb 2019	MichaelMulvaney
	Bembix sp. (genus)	30 Dec 2018	TimL

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User's notes

Thanks to Marcus Leach for the initial sighting. The Sand wasp caught the fly in flight and then landed inside an adjacent bush to kill it. The sequence shows the fly being killed over a 1 minute period before the Sand wasp flew away with the fly.

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KimPullen wrote:

1 Mar 2019

The prey is a hover fly, Austalis copiosa.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.106857 -35.273979
Maps ANBG
Places Hackett, ACT

Sighting information

1 Abundance
23 Dec 2018 12:30 PM Recorded on
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Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) TimL Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Bembix sp. (genus) Scientific name
Unidentified Bembix sand wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 985.65m Recorded at altitude
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