Fire-tailed Mud-nesting Wasp III - ? Pseudabispa sp.

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

Body length 20mm

 

 

We quite often saw this wasp collection mud on sandy soil.  

 

 

We followed a wasp which was flying into a tree hole and landed on a ball of dry soil. We checked that the dry soil was the very well camouflaged mud-cells. 

 

 

We opened one cell and found a larva, not sure if it is the same species. 

 

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Reference:

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

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