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21 Feb 2025

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Discussion

DiBickers wrote:

13 min ago

@KimPullen can you have a look at the segmented antennae on this one please. It looks more like a Bracnoid-mimic Longicorn to me, but I could be wrong?

Unidentified Wasp (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)

KMcCue wrote:

Yesterday

Thanks Kim
Do they score the leaves for some reason?

Polistes sp. (genus)

KimberiRP wrote:

22 Feb 2025

Paper wasp, Polistes humilis

Polistes sp. (genus)

Jennybach wrote:

22 Feb 2025

This wasp also lifted a little circular ‘door’ on the ground and disappeared under it. Then reappeared later. I was intrigued. Given that it’s been identified as a spider wasp, I wonder if it entered and searched a trapdoor spider’s nest.

Cryptocheilus sp. (genus)

SimoneC wrote:

21 Feb 2025

Great photos

Eulophidae (family)