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Tiphiidae
A large parasitoid wasp sometimes called a flower wasp that typically lays eggs in scarab beetles. She surely had a lot of beetles to choose from although the swarm of green chafers nearby seemed to be quite small for a larvae of such a large wasp. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/605...
Thanks ken walker for the ID http://www.bowerbird.org.au/observations...
Spotted on Oct 27, 2013
Submitted on Oct 27, 2013
4 Comments
Thanks Lauren. This one had me a bit nervous and I was grateful for a 100mm lens.
Wonderful find!
Thanks Maria dB
It turned out to be an interesting wasp.
Nice series!