Golden spider wasp at Macquarie, ACT
Identification history
| Cryptocheilus australis | 22 Mar 2025 | DiBickers | ||
| Cryptocheilus sp. (genus) | 20 Feb 2025 | SimoneC | ||
| Unverified | 20 Feb 2025 | Jennybach |
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User's notes
this wasp was in constant activity in circular exploratory pattern on the ground, relatively large compared to other species i have seen, 20 mm roughly.
1 comment
Jennybach
wrote:
22 Feb 2025
This wasp also lifted a little circular ‘door’ on the ground and disappeared under it. Then reappeared later. I was intrigued. Given that it’s been identified as a spider wasp, I wonder if it entered and searched a trapdoor spider’s nest.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.083198-35.275020
- Maps Aranda Bushland
- Places Macquarie, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 16 Feb 2025 01:44 PM Recorded on
- Jennybach Recorded by
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Collections
Jennybach NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Spider wasps (Pompilidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects Cryptocheilus australis
Additional information
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Alive / healthy Animal health
Species information
- Cryptocheilus australis Scientific name
- Golden spider wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 969.59m Recorded at altitude
- External link More information
Record quality
- Images or audio
- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
- GPS evidence of location
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