Gold-lined Flower Wasp
Ventral
White-spotted Flower Wasp
Male, dorsal, wings open, abdomen
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| Gold-lined Flower Wasp Ventral | | White-spotted Flower Wasp Male, dorsal, wings open, abdomen | | ||
Animals Plants Info |
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||||||||||
| Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | |||||||||||||
| Family: | Flower Wasp (Wasp:Thynnidae:Thynninae) iNaturalist Observation | |||||||||||||
| Species: | White-spotted Flower Wasp (Agriomyia cf albomaculata)| This Photo: | 🔍Male, dorsal, wings closed, natural🔎 | Thank you Dr Graham Brown for identifying this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere 1st Live Photo on-line ~18mm long. Unusual Lilac coloured eyes. The yellow body markings are real, not coloured by the wings rusty colour. The face is quite unusual as well, over exposed here unfortunately; actually looks orange rather than yellow. Graham said "Agriomyia, possibly A. albomaculata but lots of new species in this genus I would need to see it under a microscope."
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