Sand Wasp
Female, ventral showing Black
Ellura
Sand Wasp
Male, dorsal
 
                      
Sand Wasp (Bembix sp ES04)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Square-headed Wasp (Wasp: Crabronidae)
Species: Sand Wasp (Bembix sp ES04)
This Photo:     Female, ventral hiding Black

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~18mm long. 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.

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.