5 Unidentified mantis parasite wasp at Evatt, ACT
Identification history
| Podagrionini (tribe) | 25 Mar 2022 | MichaelMulvaney | ||
| Podagrionini (tribe) | 25 Mar 2022 | TimL |
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The images show a tiny parasitic wasp working its way around a mantis egg sack. The final image shows the wasp probing into the egg sack. (See follow up sighting 4432237).
2 comments
RogerF
wrote:
25 Mar 2022
An excellent sequence of pictures. Well done. Mantis eggs are frequently parasitised despite the presence of the protective ootheca.
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Location information
- Coordinates 149.063833-35.213382
- Altitude 631.9m
- Places Evatt, ACT
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 11 Mar 2022 10:13 AM Recorded on
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- 5mm to 12mm Animal size
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- Podagrionini (tribe) Scientific name
- Unidentified mantis parasite wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- Up to 654.2m Recorded at altitude
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