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Photo by Katy Kitty
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Field Notes

Description:

I think this is a species of spider wasp. It was quite large, orange with dark wings. It was sitting in the grass

Habitat:

Victorian backyard

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
NathanO'Donnell
I agree with ShannaB. CSIRO has a nice key but a lot of the morphological features can't be seen in these photos http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies/key.aspx?OrderID=27447&PageID=identify&KeyID=27
ShannaB
Hi Katy, welcome to Project Noah! I saw one of these recently too on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland - mine looks exactly like yours (I haven't uploaded the pics here yet) but I couldn't find an ID. I think it's a wasp from the Ichneumonidae or Braconidae family but I'm just not sure - there are a lot of species that look similar but I can't find an exact match. Take a look at these pages and see what you think: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_braconidwasps/index.html http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_ichneumonwasps/ICHNEUMONIDAE.htm

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