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Calopompilus sp. (genus)

1 Spider wasp at Aranda, ACT

Calopompilus sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 17 Mar 2020
Calopompilus sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 17 Mar 2020
Calopompilus sp. (genus) at Aranda, ACT - 17 Mar 2020
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Calopompilus sp. (genus) 6 May 2021 KimPullen
Calopompilus sp. (genus) 22 Mar 2020 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 17 Mar 2020 Jubeyjubes

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5 comments

   18 Mar 2020
Hi Julia, and thanks for your contribution/photo. I have downloaded one of the original photos, cropped it and added it back to aid in identification.
Jubeyjubes wrote:
   18 Mar 2020
Not a problem, that sounds wonderful - I have no problem with any of you doing anything you need to do to the photos I upload - they're for you not me :)
   18 Mar 2020
Thanks Julia.
The yellow/orange spots on the wings are quite distinctive. The closest resemblance I can find is Calopompilus maculipennis, but it is from USA, see:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/1451167
Jubeyjubes wrote:
   18 Mar 2020
They are distinctive... I guess there's a possibility it's not yet been described yet, but it wasn't one of the smaller wasps so that would be less likely too hey?I don't envy your task finding out who it is! It would be very challenging trying to find it again - I think I have quite a diversity of them in my garden but many of them seem passers by.
KimberiRP wrote:
   24 Nov 2023
Calopompilus sp., either C. irritabilis or C. raptor.

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