Large Yellow-antennae Spider Wasp
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Ellura
Large Yellow-antennae Spider Wasp
Wing Venation
 
                      
Large Yellow-antennae Spider Wasp (Fabriogenia sp ES03)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Spider Wasp (Wasp: Pompilidae)
Species: Large Yellow-antennae Spider Wasp (Fabriogenia sp ES03)
This Photo:     Face Markings

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~12mm long, ~26mm wingspan.
This is the first time we've seen white markings on the body, as well as the vertical white stripes on the face of a Fabriogenia. Mind you, they aren't obvious, but definitately missing on other specimens we've seen in this genus.
The top of the hind leg also seems to have a white patch/stripe.
We managed to catch this one only because it was injured.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 24-Oct-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.