Spider wasps (Pompilidae)
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DiBickers
wrote:
11 hrs ago
Head, body & legs (together with spur number and placement) in addition to wing venatian look like this could be one of the Mud-nesting Spider Wasps in Auplopus (Genus) but I’d need someone with more experience to confirm.
Pompilidae (family)
DiBickers
wrote:
23 Apr 2025
@Aussiegall happy to help, just needed @MichaelMulvaney to be a second set of eyes to see if what I thought I could see was actually there😂💚
Calopompilus affectata
MichaelMulvaney
wrote:
23 Apr 2025
Orange anntenae - legs and top of abdomen (just visible) are distinctive of this species see
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/24264-australian-calopompilus-species
https://www.inaturalist.org/posts/24264-australian-calopompilus-species
Calopompilus affectata
DiBickers
wrote:
21 Apr 2025
@TimL I can completely empathise as it’s no easy task is it. Going back a few years I would’ve automatically popped this one under Turneromyia (Genus), but I can’t be sure on that now without seeing the wing detail😩
Pompilinae (Subfamily)
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