Fire-tailed Mud-nesting Wasp 1 - ? Anterhynchium sp.

FAMILY VESPIDAE

This page contains pictures and information about Fire-tailed Mud-nesting Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. 

Body length 20mm

 

This wasp has the dark head and thorax. Its abdomen is bright orange in colour. 

 

 

 

We first saw this wasp in Karawatha Forest during mid summer. It was collecting mud from loose soil.

 

 

 

Jan 2008, Anstead, the wasp was collecting mud on loose soil.

 

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Reference:

1. Northern Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.

2. Anterhynchium {genus} - Arthropoda; Insecta; Hymenoptera; Vespidae; Eumeninae - BOLDSYSTEMS.

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