- Winged male 15mm, female 10mm
- Both the winged male and wingless female of Steel-black Flower Wasp are steel-blue in colours. The female has second abdominal segment with five or six strongly raised transverse carinae.
- We found this mating couple in Karawatha Forest on Sep 2010. They were feeding amount the blooming Tea-tree flowers.
- Male Female
- It is common to see a male Flower Wasp carrying a wingless female, with tail to tail attached, flying between flowers. We took those pictures when the winged male carrying the wingless female flying between flowers while they were mating.
- Reference:
- 1. Specimen Image Index - ICDB, ENTOMOLOGY AT DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WESTERN AUSTRALIA
- 2. Notes on Australian Thynninae. III. The genus Thynnoides - B B Given, Proceedings of The Linnean Society of New South Wales 83:327-336 (1959).
Steel-black Flower Wasp - Thynnoides sp.
FAMILY TIPHIIDAE
This page contains pictures and information about Steel-black Flower Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
