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Small wasp approx. 8mm long. The raised bump (on the trunk of a Eucalypt) in the photo has a small entrance toward the bottom. The wasp was very focused on this hole, placing its legs within the hole (pic 3) ad shuffling about, as well as, making a strange dipping motion with its abdomen.
Spotted on Mar 8, 2015
Submitted on Mar 8, 2015
6 Comments
Really great info - thanks for clarifying.
Thanks for the great info guys.
Definitely in the family Chalcididae (Chalcidoidea).
NOT a gall wasp - the lump it is sitting on looks a bit like a wover pupal case of a moth or something similar.
It's one of the Chalcid wasps (Chalcididae) Vinny but very difficult to get much further on these. Probably a gall wasp but in Australia we have only about half a dozen Cynipids and almost all introduced. Those rear legs are a big clue for Chalcids... http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Sweet, thanks for narrowing it down Jes
It looks like a gall wasp to me (family Cynipidae)- but i'm not sure about Australian species...