male flower wasp
Thynninae
on iNat
mating sawflies
Lophyrotoma interrupta
on iNat
bubbling bee
Leioproctus … most likely
a special potter wasp
Elimus australis … this species is rarely photographed, but is now a regular summer sighting here. This is a male.
on iNat
female Elimus
Elimus australis … hunting caterpillars
on iNat
ichneumonid wasp
Theronia maculosa
on iNat
crabronid wasp
Sphodrotes
on iNat
paired flower wasps
Thynninae … for the full story, see my latest blog
Greeen-and-Gold Nomia bee
Lipotriches australica
a geebung specialist
Liptriches incanescens … always present when Persoonia blooms
spider wasp
a rarely seen bee
Hylaeus kelvini … a first for our home list, and one of just 3 sightings on iNaturalist!
on iNat
crabronid wasp
Pison
on iNat
mating flower wasps
Thynninae … for the full story of flower wasp coupling, see my latest blog.
braconid wasp
Vipiellus
on iNat
Green-and-Gold Nomia bee
Lipotriches australica
Square-headed Masked Bee
Hylaeus quadriceps … male, displaying on his favourite flower.
on iNat
gasteruptiid wasp
Gasteruption
on iNat
reed bee
Exoneura
on iNat
blue-banded bee
Amegilla
on iNat
spider wasp
Pepsinae (?)
on iNat
sand wasp
Bembix
on iNat
weevil wasp
Cerceris antipodes
on iNat
male velvet ant
Odontomyrme
on iNat
bull ant
Myrmecia simillima … and this sighting in November was my last glimpse of a European Wasp (Vespula germanica). And it’s dead!
on iNat
potter wasp
Paralastor
on iNat
paper wasps
Polistes humilis
on iNat
