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Austroscolia soror
A large glossy all black wasp (30mm long) with very distinctive, heavily veined blue wings.
Open forest.
This is a solitary, parasitic wasp. Females will dig to find beetle grubs, paralyse them and lay eggs. Adults feed on flowers.
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Spotted on Feb 12, 2012
Submitted on Feb 12, 2012
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good one ! - so difficult to photograph..