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Flower wasp

Tiphiidae

Photo by MartinL
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Field Notes

Description:

A large parasitoid wasp sometimes called a flower wasp that typically lays eggs in scarab beetles. She surely had a lot of beetles to choose from although the swarm of green chafers nearby seemed to be quite small for a larvae of such a large wasp. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/60536003

Notes:

Thanks ken walker for the ID
http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/8208

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Comments (4)
MartinL
Thanks Lauren. This one had me a bit nervous and I was grateful for a 100mm lens.
MartinL
Thanks Maria dB It turned out to be an interesting wasp.

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PublishedOctober 27, 2013

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