It's possible 20 different species can look identical (needing dissection to differentiate); as such many id's here don't go to species level

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Cockroaches Blattodea	Termite Termitoidae	Termite Termitoidae sp	Na ema	Other Common Name: White Ant These have now been placed in the Cockroach order Blattodea. However, I have them here with the ants to make it easy for people to find (given most people think they are a form of ant). It is, after all, a web site to help people find species they are not familiar with.	Worker Colony (found when splitting firewood) Alate (Winged breeding termites) Alate (Showing 4 wings) Alate (dropped it's wings)
Flies Diptera	Flower-loving Fly Apioceridae	Flower-loving Fly Apiocera Maxima ?	Na em	Found this big fly being torn apart by tiny ants while it was still alive. We rescued it to ease it's suffering. Thought it was a fat robber fly. Took photo's of it and started to wonder if it was a fly at all. Couldn't see it's halteres anywhere, and realised the ants had already ripped them off. It was clear an antenna was also missing, as well as a lot of the mouth parts. Our specimen is a bit dusty from lying upside down in the dirt.	Dorsal Profile Ocelli Wing Venation Abdomen, ventral Thorax & mouth, under Ventral, ~25mm
Flies Diptera	Flower-loving Fly Apioceridae	Flower-loving Fly Apiocera sp	Na em	We are not sure if this a totally different species as our other find, or the same species but different gender. It seems such a coincidence to find two within 12 hours of each other.
Flies Diptera	Robber Fly Asilidae	Short-winged Robber Fly Bathypogon sp ES1	Na em
Flies Diptera	Robber Fly Asilidae	Hairy Short-winged Robber Fly Bathypogon sp ES2	Na ema
Flies Diptera	Robber Fly Asilidae	Yellow Slender Robber Fly Cerdistus sp ES1	Na ema		Profile
Flies Diptera	Robber Fly Asilidae	Black Slender Robber Fly Cerdistus sp ES2	Na em		Dorsal Profile
Flies Diptera	Robber Fly Asilidae	Orange Backed Robberfly Mauropteron pelago	Na em
Flies Diptera	Robber Fly Asilidae	Big Red Neoaratus hercules	Na a	Usually the mouth part/proboscis looks thick and we couldn't understand how it pierced it's prey. But here you can see it's somewhat telescopic. It retracts the sharpest point most of the time, but it's extended here.	Male, dorsal, ~40mm Male, profile Male, wing venation Male, proboscis Male, foot Male, haltere Male, anterior Male, antenna Male Genetalia, dorsal Male Genetalia, profile Male Head, close up Male Thorax, close up Male, ventral
Flies Diptera	Robber Fly Asilidae	Robber Fly Neoscleropogon sp	Na em
Flies Diptera	Robber Fly Asilidae	Giant Robber Fly Phellus olgae	Na m		Whole Head
Flies Diptera	Orange Fly Bibionidae	Compost Fly Bibio imitator	Na a	Other Common Name: Garden Maggot	Female Male Size, ventral, Male starting to twist Male twisting more And more It's like a Bugs Bunny cartoon He's got her clamped Wings Female, ventral Male, halteres & wings Male, head & large eyes
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Black Bee Fly Anthrax maculatus	Na c
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	3 Spotted Black Bee Fly Anthrax sp	Na em	About 11mm long. We thought this was Anthrax torulus, as the wing patterns were a match, but Tony said "While wing markings here are very similar to that species, the abdomen dorsally is said to have no white hairs/scales beyond the first visible tergite." Reference Link
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Pointed Bee Fly Australiphthiria sp ES1	Na em	We thought these two were different species (they still may be) but saw an photo on-line of two breeding and the males don't have the yellow back. The male also has eyes closer together than the female (quite typical of flies).	Male: dorsal Female: dorsal
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Balaana Bee Fly Balaana gigantea	Na em	Other Common Name: Balaana Beefly	Back
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Black Bee Fly Bombyliidae sp ES1	Na m
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Brown Bee Fly Bombyliidae sp ES2	Na em	Possibly Systoechus sp
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Large Banded Bee Fly Ligyra sp ES1	Na em	Thank you Graeme Cocks for helping with the identification of this species Thank you Tony Daley for helping with the identification of this species Tony said "I can see the two crossveins between the R veins, but it is not L. cingulata as the marking lacks the distinctive blotch-like extension underneath over the discal cell"
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Bee Fly Staurostichus sp	Na em	Or possibly Systoechus sp
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Villa Bee Fly Villa sp ES1	Na ema		Back Profile Ventral Flying, Profile Flying, Back
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Brown-winged Villa Bee Fly Villa sp ES2	Na em	We've heard that some insects can have different wing venation on each wing. This is the first time we've photographed a species and seen it for ourselvs. Note the spike on the right is missing on the left. This is probably an individual variation.	Female, dorsal, ~13mm Female, profile Female, outside Male, dorsal Male, profile Male, wing venation
Flies Diptera	Bee Fly Bombyliidae	Dark-winged Villa Bee Fly Villa sp ES3	Na em
Flies Diptera	Blow Fly Calliphoridae	Blue Snail Parasitic Blowfly Amenia leonina	Na em	You could easily be forgive for thinking this was a bee, as it scours the Melalueka flowers. And it's quite timid so hard to get close enough to see the short antennae; that put in the Fly (Diptera) order, not	Face Back Front Profile Rear
Flies Diptera	Blow Fly Calliphoridae	Maroon Parasitic Blowfly Amenia sp	Na em		Female, dorsal, ~10mm Female, profile Female, anterior (cleaning eye) Female, posterior Female, wing venation Female, ventral
Flies Diptera	Blow Fly Calliphoridae	Lesser Brown Blowfly Calliphora augur	Na ema	Other Common Name: Smaller Yellow Golden Blowfly	Female, dorsal Female, Abdomen Female, ventral Female, profile
Flies Diptera	Blow Fly Calliphoridae	Golden Blowfly Calliphora hilli	Na ema	Other Common Name: Hill's Brown Blowfly Similar Species: Golden Blowfly	Female
Flies Diptera	Blow Fly Calliphoridae	Golden Blowfly Calliphora stygia	Na ma	Similar Species: Golden Blowfly	Male, dorsal Male, diagnostic hair Male, ugly face Male, rear
Flies Diptera	Blow Fly Calliphoridae	Large Greenbottle Chrysomya rufifacies	Na em
Flies Diptera	Blow Fly Calliphoridae	Australian Sheep Blowfly Lucilia cuprina	Na ema		Back
Flies Diptera	Gall Midge Cecidomyiidae	Gall Midge cf Cecidomyiidae sp ES1	Na em	Reference Link
Flies Diptera	Gall Midge Cecidomyiidae	Red-necked Gall Gnat cf Cecidomyiinae sp ES2	Na em	Reference Link	Dorsal, ~4mm Profile Head & Shoulder Posterior Ventral
Flies Diptera	Gall Midge Cecidomyiidae	Red Gall Midge cf Cecidomyiinae sp ES3	Na em	Almost 2mm long Reference Link	Profile Anterior Hairy Wings Antennae Hairy Body
Flies Diptera	Biting Midge Ceratopogonidae	Biting Midge Ceratopogonidae sp	Na a	Other Common Name: Sand Fly These tiny little flies are on about 3mm long and superficially (naked eye) look black. Like mozzies, you usually can't feel them bite. But afterwards the area swells up. It is said that people who live in the same habitat build up an immunity to them, but tourists get badly affected. I squashed one biting me once and it made it 10 times worse. Basically squeezing irritants into the body. Unlike mozzies, that have a straw like proboscis (like moths), these have 2 sharp "jaws" they dig in and stand up vertical to the skin sucking blood.	Dorsal, ~3mm Anterior Profile 2 x "Jaws"
Flies Diptera	Phantom Midge Chaoboridae	Phantom Midge Chaoboridae sp	Na em		Profile
Flies Diptera	Midge Chironomidae	Non-biting Midge Polypedilum sp	Na em	Similar Species: Mosquito Midges look a lot like Mosquitoes. An easy differentiator is that, at rest, midges hold their front legs up, mozzies hold their rear legs up. Depending on the photo, a more guaranteed identifier is that Midges have small mouths
Flies Diptera	Mosquito Culicidae	Mosquito cf Ochlerotatus sp	Na ema	Other Common Name: Mozzie Similar Species: Non-biting Midge Mosquitoes look a lot like Midges. An easy differentiator is that, at rest, mozzies hold their rear legs up, midges hold their front legs up. Depending on the photo, a more guaranteed identifier is that Mosquitoes have a very long mouths / proboscis (straw like appendage that males drink nectare from and females suck blood with)	Female, whole Female, close
Flies Diptera	Mosquito Culicidae	Mosquito Ochlerotatus camptorhynchus	Na em	Other Common Name: Mozzie Mosquitoes look a lot like Midges. An easy differentiator is that, at rest, mozzies hold their rear legs up, midges hold their front legs up. Depending on the photo, a more guaranteed identifier is that Mosquitoes have a very long mouths / proboscis (straw like appendage that males drink nectare from and females suck blood with). The proboscis is made of two parts, a thin inner "straw" and an outer sheath. The sheath protects the actual proboscis. It can be seen in the feeding shot here.	Male Female, whole Female, head Female, wing venation Female, feeding
Flies Diptera	Longlegged Fly Dolichopodidae	Long Legged Fly Heteropsilopus sp	Na a		ES1 ES2
Flies Diptera	Longlegged Fly Dolichopodidae	Long Legged Fly Hydrophorus cf praecox	Na em	Similar Species: Water Floating Fly Like all long legged flies, these are also metal, but it's not nearly so obvious as most. It's difficult to know with such small insects what is a real colour and what is a camera artifact as they just look like a little blur with the naked eyes (with with mine anyway Similar to our other water floating fly, which is a different family. This one has a line of white hair through the bottom of it's eyes and two white stripes on it's back that are made up of *very* short white hair.	Dorsal Dorsal Profile, back hair Profile, abdomen spots Profile, eye & hair Anterior Posterior, venation
Flies Diptera	Vinegar Fly Drosophilidae	Vinegar Fly Drosophila sp	Na em		Dorsal, ~2.5mm Profile Being Parasitised
Flies Diptera	Shore Fly Ephydridae	Water Floating Fly Brachydeutera sydneyensis	Na ema	Similar Species: Long Legged Fly Small light brown & white fly regularly seen floating on water. They float there lapping up water with their elongated mouths at a very rapid rate; so getting 2 drinking at once was pure luck. Took so many photo's to get one with the mouth actually touching the water and in reasonable focus. They are so light they can float on 4 legs while using the front, or rear, pair to clean themselves.	Profile, ~4mm Anterior Legs used as Rafts Tiny Hairs on back Head & Facial Hair Drinking in unison Close up on mouth Mouth lapping water
Flies Diptera	Gall Fly Fergusoninidae	Gall Inducing Fly Fergusoninidae sp	Na m
Flies Diptera	Toadstool Fly Heteomyzidae	Toadstool Fly Tapeigaster sp	Na a
Flies Diptera	Lauxaniid Fly Lauxaniidae	Red Eyed Lauxaniid Fly Ceratolauxania sp	Na ema		Dorsal & Wing venation Head Anterior
Flies Diptera	Lauxaniid Fly Lauxaniidae	Orange Lauxaniid Fly Homoneura cf valida	Na em
Flies Diptera	Lauxaniid Fly Lauxaniidae	Metalic Green Tomato Fly Lamprolonchaea cf brouniana	Na em		Female, dorsal, ~3mm Female, dorsal Female, profile Female, Wing + Ovipositor Female, Back Hairs Female, anterior Female, ventral
Flies Diptera	Lauxaniid Fly Lauxaniidae	Bent Lauxaniid Fly Steganopsis melanogaster	Na em		Dorsal Under
Flies Diptera	Small Crane Fly Limoniidae	Short-palped Crane Fly Symplecta pilipes	Na em	The big visual difference between Crane flies & Scorpion flies is that Scorpion flies (Order Mecoptera) have 4 wings and are not true flies. Crane flies are true flies which all have 2 wings and 2 clubs (halteres). Due to their slender bodies the Crane fly halteres are much easier to see than with many other fly species.	Whole Body Head
Flies Diptera	Bush Fly Muscidae	Helina Fly Helina addita	Na a		Whole Wing Venation
Flies Diptera	Bush Fly Muscidae	Helina Fly Helina cf tasmaniensis	Na a		Whole Wing Venation Anterior
Flies Diptera	Bush Fly Muscidae	Bush Fly Pygophora sp	Na a		Profile + Body hair Anterior Antenna Anterior, under
Flies Diptera	Midas Fly Mydidae	Tiger Ichneumon Mimic Miltinus cardinalis	Na em	Similar Species: Tiger Ichneumon Wasp Thank you Tony Daley for confirming the identification of this species Thank you Liz O'Donnell for helping with the identification of this species Looks closest to Miltinus cardinalis but not confident to even put it to genus as this stage. There aren't many live specimens to compare against. Tony D just identified it as Miltinus cardinalis, many thanks Tony
Flies Diptera	Bot Fly Oestridae	Sheep Nasal Bot Fly Oestrus ovis	If m		Dorsal Anterior
Flies Diptera	Scuttle Fly Phoridae	Scuttle Fly Megaselia sp	Na ema	A very small fly. At first it was hard to determine if it was even Diptera, with the hairy face hiding the usual small antennae of flies. We suspect there are 3 different species here as they are different sizes & colours, but all with the striped body and pronounced hairy face.	S1: Halteres just visible S2: Dorsal, ~2mm S2: Profile S2: Posterior S3: Dorsal
Flies Diptera	Smoke Fly Platypezidae	Flat-footed Fly Lindneromyia sp	Na ema		Male Female
Flies Diptera	Picture-winged Fly Platystomatidae	Boatman Fly Pogonortalis doclea	Na a
Flies Diptera	Picture-winged Fly Platystomatidae	Signal Fly Rivellia sp	Na em	About 4mm long, with a copper-ish metallic body and quite stumpy legs. But those wings	Dorsal Profile Anterior
Flies Diptera	Moth Fly Psychodidae	Moth Fly Psychodidae sp	Na ema	Other Common Names: Bathroom Fly, Drainfly, Drain Fly, Drain-fly, Mothfly, Moth-fly Very hairy little fly. We thought it was a tiny moth, as do most people when they first see them we suspect. While transferring petrol these little tiny insects were attracted to the fumes. So was able to get a number of photo's of them. Unfortunately they then decided to land on the spilt fuel on the container and got stuck. But it gave a chance to measure their size; wingspan of about 6mm, body & head length about 2mm. They seemed white, but that's probably flash & shiny hairs. Notice in the overhead shot the hairs running along the wing veins. The body seems to have a few lateral stripes.	Profile, length ~2mm, wingspan ~6mm Dorsal Scaly Wings
Flies Diptera	Pyrgotid Fly Pyrgotidae	Large Scarab Fly Cardiacera sp ES1	Na em	Other Common Name: Light Fly A large fly with body about 16mm. These parasitise scarab beetles. Also called a Light Fly as they are nocturnal and come to night lights. Found nearly dead after a mothing night. Very unusual wing venation.	Dorsal Anterior Wing Venation Ventral
Flies Diptera	Pyrgotid Fly Pyrgotidae	Small Scarab Fly Cardiacera sp ES2	Na em	Other Common Name: Light Fly Thank you Tony Daley for identifying this species for us About 10mm long. We found this one following our female Osa discovery and thought it was a male Osa sp. Tony said "I think this one is a different genus to your female Osa. The wings have the Sc vein almost bending at a right angle to meet the costa above, in Osa this vein doesn't bend so abruptly before meeting the costa. The particulars of the wing spots, especially also having three distinct spots along the pterostigma is typical (usually 2-3, but sometimes only one spot) of the species in Cardiacera with such spotted wings - they also typically have the pointy antennae."	Dorsal Profile Head, dorsal Ventral
Flies Diptera	Pyrgotid Fly Pyrgotidae	Small Scarab Fly Osa sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Light Fly About 10mm long (excluding the ovipositor). Had lots of them at the night light, along with many smaller beetles (assume scarab). You could well think that with the ovipositor it's a fruit fly. But no, a related family, Pyrgotidae, also called Light Flies as they come to night lights. Scarab flies because they parisitise scarab beetles. Very distinctive head shape, but couldn't get the wings veins very clearly. But going on Tony's comments here, Reference Link , the body hair is diagnostic for this genus. Looking at Facilina sp Tony mentioned here, Reference Link, the hairs are tiny in comparison, eg Reference Link	Dorsal Profile Ovipositor Face Ventral
Flies Diptera	Flesh Fly Sarcophagidae	Grey Flesh Fly Sarcophaga aurifrons	Na ema		Dorsal Profile Posterior
Flies Diptera	Flesh Fly Sarcophagidae	Small Foot Flesh Fly Sarcophaga sp	Na ema		Dorsal Profile Anterior
Flies Diptera	Dark-winged Fungus Gnat Sciaridae	Dark-winged Fungus Gnat Sciaridae sp	Na ema		Wings Profile, ~3mm Whole
Flies Diptera	Black Scavenger Fly Sepsidae	Ant Fly Parapalaeosepsis plebeia	Na a
Flies Diptera	Soldier Fly Stratiomyidae	Green Soldier Fly Odontomyia sp	Na em
Flies Diptera	Hover Fly Syrphidae	Wasp-mimicking Hover Fly Ceriana ornata	Na em	This is the 1st record for this species in South Australia on the ALA website (www.ala.org.au).
Flies Diptera	Hover Fly Syrphidae	Native Drone Fly Eristalinus punctulatus	Na ema		Male: Front, In Flight Male: Profile, In Flight
Flies Diptera	Hover Fly Syrphidae	Hover Fly Melangyna viridiceps	Na ema		Dorsal Profile In Flight & Friends
Flies Diptera	Hover Fly Syrphidae	Yellow-shouldered Stout Hover Fly Simosyrphus grandicornis	Na ema		Abdomen Wing Halteres Face
Flies Diptera	Deer Fly Tabanidae	March Fly Dasybasis sp	Na ema	Other Common Name: Horse Fly Oh my; they were really bad this year (end 2014). We couldn't walk 100m through the bush without being attacked. Typically they appear in March (hence their name) but the favourable weather conditions (hot & dry winter) saw them out in spring. They are a large and moderately attractive fly (if there is such a thing , with gentle grey to brown strips. The eyes on the male are touching, where as the females have a large gap, which is visible with the naked eye. The females are the only ones that bite, feeding on the blood of animals (including humans). They lay in wait in a cool bush (senna, acacia, etc) waiting for prey to come past, then they pounce. Once they have your scent they won't leave you alone until they've fed (bitten you) or you've killed them. Sorry, but anything that bites us isn't safe from us, even if it is native. They are robust and we've hit them and they've fallen to the ground unconscious. They've then woken up and attacked again. They have a preference for the back of your legs, but will bite through clothing on your back or rump (very painful for some reason). While not as painful as a bee sting, it is as bad as an ant bite. Long trousers & baggy clothes are the order of the day, with a good dose of personal insecticide to be safe. While we can't be sure, it's possible the males buzz overhead, distracting you, while the females attack your legs. The fact they hide by biting you from behind suggests they have some understanding of where you are looking / facing. They rarely seem interested in arms, and walking fast seems to stop them biting (but not following; you have to stop at some point). So perhaps they don't like movement.	Male, dorsal Male, front Male, eye Male, profile Female
Flies Diptera	Deer Fly Tabanidae	Large Mud-nesting Wasp Mimicking Fly Palimmecomyia pictipennis	Na em	Similar Species: Large Mud-nesting Wasp Thank you Tony Daley for identifying this species for us Here's what Tony said: "What a great looking species, and wonderful record Brett! I'm fairly confident by their colouring and wing markings this is Palimmecomyia pictipennis ... they differ from the original description in only the abdominal dark band being slightly more extensive behind, though apparently these are rare so don't think many specimens have been collected, add to that only two females were examined and the male not known at the time of the description by Mackerras (1960)."	Mating In flight
Flies Diptera	Parasitic Fly Tachinidae	Gold-headed Blue Tachinid Fly Cuphocera sp	Na em		Dorsal Profile Rear
Flies Diptera	Parasitic Fly Tachinidae	Black and White Giant Fly Formosia speciosa	Na em	This is one HUGE fly. While we're used to Robber flies being longer, they are thin. But this beast is rotund like a blow fly. Thankfully, it wasn't agressive. It's hard to say if it's pure size is what it stand out so much, or the sharp contrast of the balck & white patterns on it's body. But stood out it did! It's always been intrigueing to see the 3 jewels on the top of wasp heads. This is the first time we've seen them on a fly. On searching, they also appear on Hover flies. It seems that they are smaller, and so not visible on small or hairy flies. AHHHH, finally found out. The "3 jewels" as we call them are actually simple eyes, each with a single lens! They are called "Ocelli". Not much is known about them, but they seem to help with detection of the horizon in flight.	Dorsal Front Front, profile Profile Rear, profile Ventral Head, dorsal, showing 3 Ocelli Face Body Hair & Spikes
Flies Diptera	Parasitic Fly Tachinidae	Mottled Brown Tachinid Fly Peribaea sp	Na em	These are all one specimen. Interesting how different reflections can make it look so different.	Wing Venation
Flies Diptera	Parasitic Fly Tachinidae	Flower Fly Phasia sp	Na em		Whole + wing venation Eyes
Flies Diptera	Parasitic Fly Tachinidae	Massive Blowfly Prodiaphania sp	Na em	About 18mm long. Very distinctive wing shape at the should.	Dorsal Profile Anterior Wing Face Posterior Ventral
Flies Diptera	Parasitic Fly Tachinidae	Green Rutilia Fly Rutilia simplex	Na em
Flies Diptera	Parasitic Fly Tachinidae	Sand Fly Senostoma sp	Na em		Dorsal, ~11mm Profile Anterior Ventral
Flies Diptera	Parasitic Fly Tachinidae	Parasitic Fly Tritaxys sp	Na em	Thank you Dr Bryan Cantrell for confirming the identification of this species We see cases from Faggot Case Moths (Clania ignobilis) quite regularly. We finally found a complete one and thought it'd be gr8 to house it in an insect box by the window (to get appropriate light) to finally get images of the adult. While disapointed that it was parasitised by this fly, we were excited to discover another species. Rather than injecting eggs into the case, the mother lays eggs on the food plant / leaf that the caterpillar eats. The eggs don't get digested but stay inside the larva until it grows and when about to pupate, use the energy for itself and consumes the moth. Still baffled at how it managed to get out of the case (it's incredibly strong); one can only assume it saw light at the end of the tunnel and chewed it's way out.	Dorsal, ~11mm Profile Face Posterior Moth Case Exit Inside
Flies Diptera	Fruit Fly Tephritidae	False Fruit Fly Acanthonevroides basalis	Na a	Synonyms: Acanthonevroides bicolour, Acanthonevroides bicolor Thank you Tony Daley for identifying this species for us Tony D said "I agree with you on Acanthonevroides, and further keys to A. bicolor, which btw is an SA species. The flies in this genus, like many in Tephridae, are not fruit flies in the strict sense but belong to a family with notorious fruit flies. From Permkam & Hancock (1995) on Acanthonevroides biology : "Biological information is scanty, but the larvae probably develop beneath the bark of trees." "
Flies Diptera	Fruit Fly Tephritidae	False Fruit Fly Austrotephritis pelia	Na em		Female, dorsal, ~4mm Female, profile, Ovipositor Female, anterior Female, Halteres Female, Head Female, Wing spines Female, Wing's pointed
Flies Diptera	Fruit Fly Tephritidae	False Fruit Fly Austrotephritis poenia	Na ema		Male, dorsal Male, profile Male, Wing Venation Male, Head
Flies Diptera	Stilletto Fly Therevidae	Wasp Mimicking Fly Agapophytus aterrimus	Na em	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for helping with the identification of this species Thank you Tony Daley for helping with the identification of this species Thank you Chris Lambkin for identifying this species for us The 1,000th species posted on the Ellura web site. A BIG thank you to all those experts who have contributed their time & energy to help us identify our local species Tony, who id'ed this to genus, said the strange hair on the back is "elongate scale-like setae on the scutum". This beautiful fly was ~10mm long, with a very long mouth/proboscis and antennae. Bascially black with 2 orange/yellow bands on it's wings. The lower front tibia (middle part of the leg) does seem to have a small orange band. Ken Walker saw the observation on Bowerbird and contacted Chris Lambkin who kindly narrowed it down to species. Mimics the Calopompilus spider wasp quite well: Spider Wasp	Dorsal Profile, ~10mm Elongated scale-like setae on the scutum Hey gotta go for the eye shot Anterior, Leg details Anterior, facial hair
Flies Diptera	Stilletto Fly Therevidae	Stilletto Fly Taenogerella sp	Na em
Flies Diptera	Large Crane Fly Tipulidae	Long-palped Crane Fly Ischnotoma eburnea	Na a		Female, back Female, profile, whole Female, profile, body Female, head Male, back Male, profile Male, head
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Golden Black Sugar Ant Camponotus aeneopilosus ssp aeneopilosus	Na em
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Vertical Gaster Black Ant Camponotus cinereus ssp amperei	Na em	These ants walk around with their backside, or gaster, stuck up in the air. Very unique behaviour	Profile Above Colony showing Soldiers & Workers
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Nocturnal Sugar Ant Camponotus consobrinus	Na em		Whole Back Petiol & Gaster Mandibles
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Jumbuck Sugar Ant Camponotus ephippium ssp ephippium	Na em	The shape of the back, face and the petiol are diagnostic. This is a minor worker and is about 9mm long. There are no pictures of this species anywhere on the net, so it's taken years to finally find out what it is; using this excellent, ameteur friendly key from the SA museum	Whole Back & petiole Face Colour Difference inside Ventral Mandibles Hairy Legs Leg Spines
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Black-headed Sugar Ant Camponotus nigriceps	Na em	This is probably our most abundant Camponotus species. As such, we have included photo's of a Male Alate here. While we are certain the male is a Camponotus genus, we cannot be sure which species it belongs to.	Worker, Whole, dorsal Soldier, Whole, dorsal Worker, Spine on the Petiole Worker, Leg Spurs & Body Hair Soldier Mandibles Nest, Whole Nest, Entrance Soldier & Worker size comparison Male Alate, dorsal Male Alate, profile Male Alate, anterior Male Alate, Wing Venation
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Agile Tyrant Ant Iridomyrmex agilis	Na em	There are two specimens here, one smaller than the other. While it's possible they are different species, we suspect they are a different hierarchy of worker. Depending on the species, these heirarchies can consit of minor, medium & major workers. Major workers are also known as soldier ants.	S1: Dorsal, ~6mm, minor? worker S2: Dorsal, ~7mm, medium? worker S2: Profile S2: Anterior S2: Ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Blue Meat Ant Iridomyrmex lividus	Na em	Thank you Mark Newton for helping with the identification of this species
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Mono Ant Monomorium kiliani	Na a		Dorsal Profile, petiol Winged
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Giant Red Bull Ant Myrmecia nigriscapa	Na a		Close, dorsal Whole, dorsal Abdomen Front Leg Spurs Rear Leg Spurs Shoulder Head, dorsal Head, front Neck & 3 Jewels (actually 3 Ocelli) Antenna Socket, Eye, Mandibles & Foot Antenna Nest
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Small Jumping Ant Myrmecia picta	Na ema	Thank you Mark Newton for identifying this species for us	Dorsal Queen, with wings Profile, eating Head & Shoulder Abdomen & Back Legs Antenna, Mandibles & Mouth Down the pub discussing footy Cleaning the House Home Renovations
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Inch Ant Myrmecia sp	Na ema	Other Common Name: Bull Ant Black head and tail. Orange body, pincers and legs. Mark Newton says it might be M desertorum	Front Profile Dorsal Mandibles
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ant Ant: Formicidae	Titan Pony Ant Rhytidoponera mayri	Na ema
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Long-tongued Bee Bee: Apidae	Blue Banded Bee Amegilla chlorocyanea	Na ema	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us Dr Ken Walker said "The colour of the bands fades with age and the amount of orange varies in a species like A. chlorocyanea." Donella Billett told us that males have five bands and females have four.	Old Male Old Male Adelaide Hills
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Long-tongued Bee Bee: Apidae	European Honey Bee Apis mellifera	If ema	Other Common Name: Commercial Honey Bee Most people think of these insects in a positive light, but like all introduced species are an environmental headache and should be eradicated where possible. Please don't allow bee keepers to use your bush block for bees. Would you allow someone to plough your native vegetation to grow crops? European Bees are just as devastating, but the damage is hidden (eg using up precious hollows used by our birds and reptiles), spreading over many kilometres to neighbouring properties & reserves. Our native bees are also less aggressive and solitary (in SA). If you thought all European Bees don't look alike, you'd be right. Peri Coleman said "There are three main races of bees in Australia, and a very few of two other races. Main races used by bee keepers: 1. Italian (yellow banded): have 5 yellow bands, but the Ligurian sub-race has less than 5 yellow bands & have a yellow queen. The Ligurian bees of Kangaroo Island are a sub-race of Italian bees, and the early settlement bees were blackish coloured "Black Germans", but I don't know if any of these are still cultivated 2. Caucasian (bigger, grey): are dark grey, hardly banded at all, and have a long body 3. Carniolan (smallest): have creamy light bands which gives them a greyish look, and are smaller than Italians. They have a dark queen. Quarantine in North Queensland keeps a close eye out for Asian honeybees as they are likely to bring in Nosema disease. It is considered they are most likely to get here via shipping to a northern port or by island hopping from New Guinea."	Female worker New Colony New Colony
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Colletid Bee Bee: Colletidae	Colletid Bee Euhesma bronzus	Na em	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us Dr Ken Walker said "If you look closely at the legs on this bee they are almost hairless - they cannot carry pollen. This is one of Australia's many unique euryglossine bees that carry their pollen load in the crop - first part of the stomach."
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Colletid Bee Bee: Colletidae	Red Hylaeine Bee Hylaeus lateralis	Na em		Profile, ~5mm Face
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Colletid Bee Bee: Colletidae	White-shouldered Red Bee Hylaeus sp	Na em
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Colletid Bee Bee: Colletidae	Copper Metallic Bee Leioproctus clarki	Na em	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Small Bee Bee: Halictidae	Wahlenbergia Bee Homalictus urbanus	Na em	Other Common Name: Green Backed Bee Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Small Bee Bee: Halictidae	Halictid Bee Lasioglossum lanarium	Na a	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Small Bee Bee: Halictidae	Gold Nomia Bee Lipotriches australica	Na em
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Small Bee Bee: Halictidae	Metallic Green Nomia Bee Lipotriches flavoviridis	Na em	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us Ken Walker said "Two characters in your image show this is not a Homalictus. 1. The large amount of hair on the hind legs (especially the hind femur and tibia). Homalictus carries its pollen load on the underneath of its abdomen. 2. The wing photo shows an elongate (much longer than the 2nd submarginal cell) and strong 3rd submarginal cell. In Homalictus, the 3rd submarginal cell is about the same length as the 2nd submarginal cell but the veins are weaker than those veins of the 2nd submarginal cell"
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Leafcutter Bee Bee: Megachilidae	Black Resin Bee Megachile atrella	Na em	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for identifying this species for us If you are keen to support the local native bee population, you can easily build a Bee Hotel. Different sized holes attracts different bee species. They're cheap and easy to build from scrap. They last longer left under cover. The best one I've seen is here: www.bowerbird.org.au/observations/26118
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Leafcutter Bee Bee: Megachilidae	Golden-browed Resin Bee Megachile aurifrons	Na em	Other Common Name: Red-faced Mastic Bee These are on the large side for native bees at about 15mm long. Only the females have red eyes. As such, it's harder to identify the males. However, they both have a lovely Golden Brow on their faces. When trying to identify inverts, we amateur humans tend to use colour and patterns. This can be misleading. As you can see here, some look nearly white and others black. This is because the white ones are young and the black old. Many of the black ones white hairs have worn off leaving her dark shell as the primary colour to our naked eyes. There are 2 fundamental types of bee's; those that collect pollen on their legs (eg European Honey Bee) and those that collect it on their abdomen, like this fine lady. As such, you'd think she has a creamy white abdomen. But no, that's the colour of the Dry-land Tea Tree pollen she's collecting. In another area she could an have orange abdomen due to the colour of pollen. Making id very difficult. Finally, why a "Resin" bee. She belongs to the Leafcutter (Megachilidae) family. All species in this family use leaves to line their nests. As you can see in the last photo's, instead of cutting a leaf, she macerates it into a pulp; a "resin" Forms a very neatly sealed plug to protect her offspring. This hole happens to be one of the screw holes (~10mm diameter) in a table outside. ALL of them are now full. She spent over 2 weeks filling them! As you can see, she's a solitary bee, unlike European bees that build hives. We don't have native social bees in SA, but they do have them in Qld. You will see blue banded bees roost together on a single stem, and other bees nest near each other. This is probably due to those areas being "ideal" locations. eg It's possible more than one female filled our table holes. But each cell is one female, unlike a hive.	Female Head Female Face Female Wings Female Profile Female Back Female Abdomen
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Leafcutter Bee Bee: Megachilidae	Red-browed Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile chrysopyga	Na em	The photo's are in reverse order showing a bee leaving after checking out a disused hollow from a Mud nesting wasp.	Dorsal Abdomen Posterior Inside nest
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Leafcutter Bee Bee: Megachilidae	Gold-barred Resin Bee Megachile leucopyga	Na em		Profile Back White, ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Sawfly Sawfly: Pergidae	Eucalypt Sawfly Perga sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Spitfire	Larvae: Group Larvae: Small Group Larva: Whole Back Larva: Whole Profile Larva: Head
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Sawfly Sawfly: Pergidae	Zebra Sawfly Pergagrapta turneri	Na ema	Other Common Name: Spitfire
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Parasitic Wasp Wasp: Braconidae	Red Braconid Wasp Braconidae sp ES1	Na em	Similar Species: Braconid Mimic Longhorn Long ovipositor. There is a Longhorn Beetle (Hesthesis sp) that resembles this wasp.	Female, dorsal Female, ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Parasitic Wasp Wasp: Braconidae	Orange Braconid Wasp Braconidae sp ES2	Na em	Medium length ovipositor	Female, dorsal Female, profile
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Parasitic Wasp Wasp: Braconidae	White Flank Black Braconid Wasp Braconidae sp ES3	Na a	Possibly Syngaster lepida
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Chalcidid Wasp Wasp: Chalcididae	Hopping Wasp Brachymeria sp	Na ema	Other Common Names: Chalcid Wasp or Parasitoid Wasp Thank you Graeme Cocks for identifying this species for us	Dorsal, ~5mm long Profile Front Under Cleaning Wings
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Cuckoo Wasp Wasp: Chrysididae	Small Cuckoo Wasp Chrysis sp	Na a	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for helping with the identification of this species These are under 10mm. While a visually identical species, Stilbum, is closer to 20mm	Profile Dorsal Rolled up, ~5mm Abdomen Cavity/Shell Facial Indent Antenna in Facial Indent Outer abdomen + Ovipositor
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Digging Wasp Wasp: Crabronidae	Sand Wasp Bembix sp ES1	Na em	Females do the digging to lay their eggs, and so have digging spines on their front legs (specifically their tarsi which are the feet, the sections between the tibia & the claw). Each species apparantly makes a different pattern in the sand to cover/hide their nest.	Female, dorsal, In Flight Female, anterior, Digging Female, posterior Female, Digging a Trench
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Digging Wasp Wasp: Crabronidae	Sand Wasp Bembix sp ES2	Na em	Each time we get a usable photo of this species it has slightly different markings. While we show 4 different variations here, we only count them as one species as there is no readily available information we can find about their differences. These markings could be age, gender or species variations; or simple variations from specimen to specimen.	Dorsal Profile Ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Digging Wasp Wasp: Crabronidae	Sand Wasp Bembix sp ES3	Na em	It appears adult Sand Wasps eat pollen, but have no pollen carrying ability to feed their young. In fact it seems they feed their young flies! We can hardly wait to photograph one filling it's nest with a fly to show you.	Dorsal Posterior
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Digging Wasp Wasp: Crabronidae	Sand Wasp Bembix sp ES4	Na em	Notice the 2 ventral shots with this specimen. They seem very different, but the black marks are hidden when it curves it's abdomen in; they were only visible when it fully stretched out.	Female, dorsal, ~18mm Female, profile Female, Wing Venation Female, Digging Spines on the Tarsi Female, Digging Spines on the Tarsi Female, ventral showing Black Female, ventral hiding Black
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Digging Wasp Wasp: Crabronidae	Black Sand-dauber Wasp Crabronidae sp	Na em	Similar Species: Zebra Spider Wasp Thought this was Pison, but Susanna Heideman told us Pison have indented eyes, unlike this one. It's also similar to many on-line images of Tachysphex (but their eye indentations are all mixed). So suspect there is a lot of confusion with online photo's with these. As such, we've put it at family level.	Wings Profile Dead, ventral & size, ~12mm long Dead, Face Dead, Abdomen Dead, Profile Dead, Back
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Digging Wasp Wasp: Crabronidae	Small Black Digging Wasp Larrinae sp	Na ema
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Digging Wasp Wasp: Crabronidae	Black Sand-loving Wasp Tachysphex sp	Na em	Thank you Reiner Richter for identifying this species for us Dr Ken Walker said "The important part of the wing venation is the elongate 3rd submarginal cell"
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ensign Wasp Wasp: Evaniidae	Hatchet Wasp Szepligetiella sp	Na ema
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Gasteruptiid Wasp Wasp: Gasteruptiidae	White-footed Gasteruptiid Wasp Gasteruption sp ES1	Na a		Male, Body Male, Wing Venation
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Gasteruptiid Wasp Wasp: Gasteruptiidae	Banded-legged Gasteruptiid Wasp Gasteruption sp ES3	Na em	These are very thin wasps and difficult to see. The shadow is more visible than the wasp. After nearly 40 photo's with the zoom lens we were lucky to get a reasonably sharp one. It eluded capture however, so wasn't able to get a size nor detailed images. Next year	Female in flight
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Gasteruptiid Wasp Wasp: Gasteruptiidae	White-faced Gasteruptiid Wasp Gasteruption sp ES4	Na em		Male, dorsal, antennae ~8mm Male, profile, ~10mm Male, Wing Venation Male, Face Male, anterior Male, ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Gasteruptiid Wasp Wasp: Gasteruptiidae	Tiny Black Gasteruptiid Wasp Pseudofoenus sp ES2	Na ema	Thank you Graeme Cocks for identifying this species for us	S1: Anterior S2: Profile
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ichneumon Wasp Wasp: Ichneumonidae	Cream-spotted Ichneumon Wasp Echthromorpha intricatoria	Na a	A reasonably common wasp in the Adelaide Hills, yet we've not seen any in the Murraylands yet. These wasps parisitise lepidoptera pupae. The females have a medium sized ovipositor and are considerably larger than the males (about 18mm compared with 11-12mm for the males).
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ichneumon Wasp Wasp: Ichneumonidae	Orange Ichneumon Wasp Enicospilus sp	Na em	Similar Species: Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp Note the different wing venation to other similar Ichneumonidae
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ichneumon Wasp Wasp: Ichneumonidae	Banded-abdomen Ichneumon Wasp Ichneumonidae sp	Na em		Dorsal Profile Anterior
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ichneumon Wasp Wasp: Ichneumonidae	Bee Parasitizing Wasp Labium sp	Na em
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ichneumon Wasp Wasp: Ichneumonidae	Orchid Dupe Wasp Lissopimpla excelsa	Na em		Female, profile Female, ventral Female, back
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ichneumon Wasp Wasp: Ichneumonidae	Tiger Ichneumon Wasp Metopius sp	Na em		Dorsal, ~14mm Dorsal Profile Wing venation Body Close up Anterior Released, cleaning wings Ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Ichneumon Wasp Wasp: Ichneumonidae	Orange Caterpillar Parasite Wasp Netelia producta	Na ema	Other Common Names: Red Jacket Wasp or Red Soldier Wasp Similar Species: Orange Ichneumon Wasp Dangerous looking wasp, but quite placid. 3 purple jewels (actually 3 Ocelli, simple eyes) on top of its head between the compound eyes. Large wasp with varying shades of light brown to orange across the body. Clear wings.
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Velvet Ant Wasp: Mutillidae	Black Velvet Ant Bothriomutilla sp ES1	Na em	These are actually wasps. But the females are wingless and look like ants; hence the common name. About 9mm long (head & body)	Wingless Female
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Velvet Ant Wasp: Mutillidae	Gold Ring Velvet Ant Bothriomutilla sp ES2	Na em	About 10mm long (head & body). A more technical term for wingless insects is "Apterous".	Wingless Female
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Velvet Ant Wasp: Mutillidae	Velvet Ant Mutillidae sp ES1	Na a	About 7mm long (head & body)	Wingless Female
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Velvet Ant Wasp: Mutillidae	Red Velvet Ant Mutillidae sp ES2	Na em	A small one at about 5.5mm long (head & body)	Wingless Female
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Velvet Ant Wasp: Mutillidae	Banded Velvet Ant Mutillidae sp ES4	Na em	Normally the females are the only velvet ants seen, not because of rarity but probably because they are flightless. However, the odd male (as here) is occationally photographed. There seems to be very little reference material to identifiy Mutillidae family closer than family; so it's quite possible this is the same as a female we have already posted. About 10mm long (head & body)	Male, dorsal Male, wing venation & ventral Male, profile Male, anterior Male, body bands
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Velvet Ant Wasp: Mutillidae	Badge Velvet Ant Mutillidae sp ES6	Na em	About 7mm long	Dorsal Profile Face Ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Spider Wasp Wasp: Pompilidae	Spider Wasp Calopompilus sp	Na em
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Spider Wasp Wasp: Pompilidae	Orange Spider Wasp Cryptocheilus sp	Na ema	Mainly black wasp with bright orange head, tail, feelers & legs. Again has 3 purple jewels (actually Ocelli, simple eyes) on its head. These need revision, as they don't have modern diagnostics. As such, we can only really go to genus. Everyone tends to put them under Cryptocheilus bicolor, but some have black tipped wings, other don't. We don't know the sizes of the specimens in the various on-line photo's, which is generally pretty important.
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Spider Wasp Wasp: Pompilidae	Yellow Antennae Black Spider Wasp Fabriogenia sp	Na ema		Back Flying
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Spider Wasp Wasp: Pompilidae	Zebra Spider Wasp Turneromyia sp	Na em	Similar Species: Black Sand-dauber Wasp   Video: Zebra Spider Wasp Digging (32Mb)	Abdomen Mandibles Hunting Dragging a Spider Front, with Cob-web Back Profile
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Parasitic Wasp Wasp: Pteromalidae	Metallic Blue Parasitic Wasp Pteromalidae sp ES1	Na em	Thank you Dr Ken Walker for confirming the identification of this species Thank you Graeme Cocks for identifying this species for us
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Parasitoid Wasp Wasp: Scelionidae	Small Black Parasitoid Wasp Scelionidae sp	Na em		Dorsal, <5mm Profile Ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Scoliid Wasp Wasp: Scoliidae	Yellow Hairy Flower Wasp Laevicampsomeris formosa	Na m		Dorsal Profile Ventral
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Scoliid Wasp Wasp: Scoliidae	2 Spotted Blue Hairy Flower Wasp Laeviscolia frontalis	Na em	This is the 1st record for this family in South Australia on the ALA website (www.ala.org.au). Females have shorter antennae than the males, and the males seem to be smaller. Different sub-species can also have yellow shoulders.	In Melaleuca Female, cold from fridge, ~30mm Female, don't try this at home
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Mud Dauber & Sand Wasp Wasp: Sphecidae	Thread-waisted Wasp Ammophila sp	Na em	Other Common Name: Club Wasp
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Mud Dauber & Sand Wasp Wasp: Sphecidae	Giant Digger Wasp Sphex carbonicolor	Na em	Thank you Kate Sandiford for identifying this species for us Probably the largest wasp in Australia, with the body & head nearly 40mm long. Sorry for the poor quality photo's. I was still learning to use the new insect boxes (& I suspect I was nervous!). This one's body is covered in white hair, is black and has a brown/golden hue to it's wings. It's mandibles are something you don't want attacking you. At first I thought it was a hook. Then realised it was two crossed mandibles that were much bigger than any spider fangs I've seen! Why I captured it I'll never know. I can't remember doing it, I was obviously in shock OR JUST STUPID. I originally identified this back in Feb as Prionyx globosus. But Kate used the key here to identify it for us. zookeys.pensoft.net/articles.php?id=5995 While it looks like the antennae have 9, the end one bends so must be 10. This is the 1st record for this species in South Australia on the ALA website (www.ala.org.au).	Female, profile, ~37mm Female, Wing Venation Female, Face Female, close up Female, 10 antenna segments
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Mud Dauber & Sand Wasp Wasp: Sphecidae	Black Digger Wasp Sphex cognata	Na em	Synonym: Sphex cognatus
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Mud Dauber & Sand Wasp Wasp: Sphecidae	Golden Digger Wasp Sphex ermineus	Na em		Profile Mouth Back Face
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Tiphiid Wasp Wasp: Tiphiidae	Large Yellow Flower Wasp Catocheilus sp ES1	Na em	As with other Tiphiidae flower wasps, the female is much smaller & wingless. She may also be blind, or at least have poor vision. This is our 1st Tiphiidae found on Ellura and luckily we not only saw & photographed them mating (proves male/female relationship), but also caught them to get sizes and detailed photographs. We released her were found where she'll find a beetle to parasitise with her now fertile eggs. Even with his large size, he had a lot of trouble flying with her and allowed us to capture them. While similar in appearance, with the naked eye, to the European Wasp, this species is much larger and has a cigar shaped abdomen. On closer inspection, and with photographs, the differences are much clearer. A more technical term for reduced wingless insects is "Apterous".	Male, dorsal, ~25mm Male, profile Male, anterior Male, wing venation Male, ventral Female, dorsal, ~11mm Female, profile Female, ventral Pair, copulating, rotated
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Tiphiid Wasp Wasp: Tiphiidae	Small Flower Wasp Catocheilus sp ES2 ?	Na em	A small, hairy wasp of about 6-7mm. Typically we'd expect this genus to be large (~25mm) and smoother. This specimen does match the wing venation of the larger Catocheilus sp we've photographed.	Male, dorsal Male, face Male, hairy Male, ventral + wing venation
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Tiphiid Wasp Wasp: Tiphiidae	Flower Wasp Eirone sp	Na a		Mating Male
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Tiphiid Wasp Wasp: Tiphiidae	Flower Wasp Rhagigaster sp	Na a
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Tiphiid Wasp Wasp: Tiphiidae	Flower Wasp Tachynomyia sp	Na a
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Potter Wasp Wasp: Vespidae	Large Mud-nesting Wasp Abispa ephippium	Na em	Other Common Names: Australian Hornet, Dauber Wasp, Large Mudnest Wasp, Large Mudwasp, Mud Dauber, Potter Wasp	Back Abdomen
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Potter Wasp Wasp: Vespidae	Large Mud-nesting Wasp Abispa sp	Na em	Synonym: Abispa abispa Other Common Names: Australian Hornet, Dauber Wasp, Large Mudnest Wasp, Large Mudwasp, Mud Dauber, Potter Wasp Similar Species: Large Mud-nesting Wasp Mimicking Fly	Dorsal Rear Front Profile Waist Face Throat
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Potter Wasp Wasp: Vespidae	Orange Potter Wasp Delta bicinctus	Na ema	Synonym: Eumenes bicincta Large deep orange wasp with black stripes They make a mud nest and fill it with a larva for it's offspring to feed on. The nest is a series of individual cells.	Walking on Water, profile Walking on Water, front Head Back Starting Nest, Filling with Food Lava First Cell Sealed Second Cell Started, Next Day 2nd Cell Sealed, 3rd Cell, showing Food Nest Finished >1 month after start
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Potter Wasp Wasp: Vespidae	Mud-nesting Wasp Paralastor sp ES1	Na ema
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Potter Wasp Wasp: Vespidae	Ringed Mud-nesting Wasp Paralastor sp ES2	Na a
Ant Bee Wasps Hymenoptera	Potter Wasp Wasp: Vespidae	Paralastor Wasp Paralastor sp ES3	Na em		Ventral Abdomen, ~13mm Face Wing venation

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