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Black Mud-nesting Wasp II - Paralastor sp.

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

Body length 20mm
 
We saw this Black Mud-nesting Wasp collecting mud in Karawatha Forest on Jan 2010.
 
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Reference:
1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, p 980.
2. Potter Wasp, genus Paralastor - Sawflies, ants, bees and wasps, Australian Museum. 

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