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FAMILY TIPHIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Black Flower Wasps that
we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Winged male 20mm, female 10mm
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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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- On Dec 2006, when we looking for the Sand Wasps on a sandy soil, we saw
this male Flower Wasp it was searching for something under a dry leaf. It
tried very hard for a long while, even did not care about our disturb.
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- We noticed something was hiding under within those small gravels.
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- We pushed the wasp apart, carefully remove the gravels and tried to see
what it was. We saw a large black ant, or female Flower Wasp.
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- The female Flower wasp was wingless and dark bluish-brown in colour. It
was trying to run away.
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- The male Flower Wasp quickly found the female and attached tail-to-tail
with the female, then quickly flied and rested on a small plant.
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- From the observation, we believed the male Flower Wasp found the female
wasp by sense of smell.
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- Reference:
- 1. Specimen Image Index - ICDB, ENTOMOLOGY AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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