Sceliphron formosum

1 Formosum mud-dauber at Deakin, ACT

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Identification history

Sceliphron formosum	29 Mar 2020	MichaelBedingfield
Sceliphron laetum	26 Mar 2020	MichaelBedingfield
Sceliphron formosum	25 Mar 2020	MichaelMulvaney
Sceliphron laetum	25 Mar 2020	Ct1000

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I believe some kind of mud dauber wasp.. Was observed digging in the banks of the stream / drain.

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MichaelBedingfield wrote:

26 Mar 2020

Hi and thanks for your contribution/photo. I have downloaded one of the original photos, cropped it and added it back to aid in identification.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Mar 2020

I think this is formosim because it has black antennae and multiple yellow spots on its back seehttp://museum.wa.gov.au/research/collections/terrestrial-zoology/entomology-insect-collection/entomology-factsheets/sceliphron

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

29 Mar 2020

Ok - I didn't notice the black antennae as a way to separate them.

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

29 Mar 2020

This is only my observation but is consistent with all the sightings so far identified in CNP and those I looked at on the net

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Sighting information

1 Abundance
22 Mar 2020 04:55 PM Recorded on
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Insects Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

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12mm to 25mm Animal size

Species information

Sceliphron formosum Scientific name
Formosum mud-dauber Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 691.3m Recorded at altitude
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