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FAMILY TIPHIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Yellow Flower Wasps that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Winged male 20mm, female 15mm
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- It is common to see a male Flower Wasp carrying a wingless female, with
tail to tail attached, flying between flowers.
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- We took this picture when the winged male carrying the non-winged female
flying between grasses while they were mating.
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- We had once identified this wasp as the Campsomeris tasmaniensis
in family SCOLIIDAE. We checked that this is a
mistake. The family SCOLIIDAE females are winged.
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- Reference:
- 1. Campsomeris tasmaniensis
- Australian Insect Common Names, version 1.53, 16 June 2005.
- 2. Wildlife of Tropical North Queensland - Queensland Museum Publications 2000,
p128.
- 3. Specimen Image Index - ICDB, ENTOMOLOGY AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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