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I think this is a species of spider wasp. It was quite large, orange with dark wings. It was sitting in the grass
Victorian backyard
Spotted on Jan 15, 2013
Submitted on May 22, 2013
2 Comments
I agree with ShannaB.
CSIRO has a nice key but a lot of the morphological features can't be seen in these photos
http://anic.ento.csiro.au/insectfamilies...
Hi Katy, welcome to Project Noah! I saw one of these recently too on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland - mine looks exactly like yours (I haven't uploaded the pics here yet) but I couldn't find an ID. I think it's a wasp from the Ichneumonidae or Braconidae family but I'm just not sure - there are a lot of species that look similar but I can't find an exact match. Take a look at these pages and see what you think: http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...
http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_...