Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)

Unidentified sand wasp at North Narooma, NSW

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Identification history

Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)	15 Apr 2024	michaelb
Sphecidae or Crabronidae (families)	15 Apr 2024	michaelb
Unidentified	12 Feb 2020	FionaG

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Giant Black Wasp?

4 comments

JackieMiles wrote:

13 Feb 2020

Hi Fiona, when you say giant, about how long was it? There's not much in the photos to give an idea of scale.

FionaG wrote:

13 Feb 2020

Hi Jackie. I thought that was the actual name of the wasp but I have just checked and found it was actually called Great Black Wasp. This is not to say that what I photographed was the Great Black Wasp. I saw a number of these insects today. Nearly all of them were around the 1 -1.5 inch mark. Sorry for any confusion.

JackieMiles wrote:

13 Feb 2020

OK, it does look very like Kerri-Lee's photos from Wonboyn of Prionyx sp (35mm long in her sighting), and looks to be hunting in sandy ground similarly to her sighting. But I'll leave the confirmation to someone better qualified.

KimPullen wrote:

14 Feb 2020

I don't know what characters (features) of Prionyx distinguish it from Sphex, so I'll hold off on this one.

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