Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp at Mount Kembla, NSW
Identification history
| Scolia (Discolia) verticalis | 29 Sep 2024 | donhe | ||
| Scolia (Discolia) verticalis | 29 Sep 2024 | BackyardHabitatProject |
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The only blue flower wasp I have seen in the garden with a yellow head, slightly smaller than the all black/blue
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Location information
- Coordinates 150.822846-34.430492
- Places Mount Kembla, NSW
Sighting information
- 1 Abundance
- 7 Feb 2024 02:21 PM Recorded on
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Backyard Habitat Project Collection Insects Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Flower wasps (Scoliidae & Tiphiidae) BackyardHabitatProject South Coast NatureMapr
Additional information
- Callistemon cultivar Associated plant
- 12mm to 25mm Animal size
- Unknown Gender
- Alive / healthy Animal health
- Feeding on nectar or pollen Insect behaviour on flower
- True Pollinator Insect on Flower
Species information
- Scolia (Discolia) verticalis Scientific name
- Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 1659.7m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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- More than one media file
- Verified by an expert moderator
- Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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