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Back seat driver (♀♂)
Family: Tiphiidae
-37.8938, 145.301
Field Notes
Description:
Back seat driver !? <br> A tiny wingless female flower wasp rides around attached to the back of a much larger winged male. <br> Mating occurs in flight. Male wasps carry the female wasps and actively feed them or take them to food plants.(15mm long together)
Habitat:
Action was on a small eucalyptus twig in a local sports reserve.
Notes:
Yet to find species http://www.padil.gov.au/barrow-island/Pest/Main/137459/11963 <br>
Also check old Mutillidae <br> and old Crabronidae spottings...
Reference Links:
Flower wasps - Australian Museum
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedMarch 7, 2014
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