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Vase-cell/Slender Mud-dauber Wasp
Sceliphron formosum
-17.43, 123.72
Field Notes
Description:
Is this a mud wasp?
They have an extraordinarily thin, straight, stalk-like first segment of the abdomen. They are of moderate to large size (body length 17-26 mm) and largely black but with some areas yellow.
Habitat:
In the mud at wetlands.
Notes:
Reference (from James McNair): http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_apoidwasps/VaseCellMudDauber.htm
Second reference: http://museum.wa.gov.au/research/collections/terrestrial-zoology/entomo…
Species ID Suggestions
1
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedOctober 28, 2014
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