Yellow-faced Mud-collar Wasp Male, profile | Yellow-faced Mud-collar Wasp Male, Face | |||||
Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | ||||
Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
Family: | Potter Wasp (Wasp: Vespidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
Species: | Yellow-faced Mud-collar Wasp (Ischnocoelia cf fulva) | ||||
This Photo: | 🔍Male, Wing Venation🔎 | ||||
Thank you Marco Selis for identifying and Milo van Loon & Arturo Femia for confirming the id of this species for us General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~15mm long. Notice how the antennae tips fold over. It's not easy to see and is only captured on a few shots. Marco said "This could be the male of I. fulva. If you collected the specimen, it would be very useful to extract and dissect the genital capsule. In this group there are very important diagnostic characteristics in aedeagus and digitus." | |||||
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