Zebra Spider Wasp - Turneromyia sp.

Family POMPILIDAE 

This page contains pictures and information about Zebra Spider Wasp that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.

Body length 20mm

 

 

 

We saw this wasp once in Karawatha Forest during early summer. It was searching on the forest floor. 

 

 

 

Notice that it was flicking its wings while searching on ground, and its slight coiled antennae. They are the characteristics of Spider Wasp.

 

 

 

This wasp is usually found searching on the forest ground. 

 

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Reference:

1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, plate 5.

2. A revision of spider wasps of the genus Turneromyia (Hymenoptera : Pompilidae), HE Evans, Australian Journal of Zoology Supplementary CSIRO 1984.

3. Northern Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009. (Ctenostegus sp.)

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