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	Class:	Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
	Order:	Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
	Family:	Chalcidid Wasp (Wasp: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae)     iNaturalist Observation
	Species:	Orange & Black Hopping Wasp (Brachymeria ucalegon)
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	Other name:	Orange and Black Hopping Wasp
	Thank you (ChalcidJyY) for identifying and Dan Blamey for helping with the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~6mm long (ChalcidJyR) said "This species is quite characteristic with red-orange antenna, hind leg and metasoma, and whitish spots on legs and axillae. A parasite of maggot flies and blow flies
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This species is  an  Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.