Pompilidae (family)

Unidentified Spider wasp at Gundaroo, NSW

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Identification history

Auplopus (Genus)	26 Apr 2025	DiBickers
Pompilidae (family)	26 Apr 2025	DiBickers
Unverified	2 Aug 2023	Gunyijan

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User's notes

Found in the bath near other small insects the size of a pinhead with feelers.

2 comments

MichaelBedingfield wrote:

3 Aug 2023

A wasp

DiBickers wrote:

26 Apr 2025

Head, body & legs (together with spur number and placement) in addition to wing venatian look like this could be one of the Mud-nesting Spider Wasps in Auplopus (Genus) but I’d need someone with more experience to confirm.

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Location information

Coordinates 149.215969 -35.034721
Places Gundaroo, NSW

Sighting information

1 Abundance
2 Aug 2023 01:37 PM Recorded on
Gunyijan Recorded by
Collections
Gunyijan NatureMapr Canberra & Southern Tablelands Spider wasps (Pompilidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects

Additional information

12mm to 25mm Animal size
Deceased Animal health

Species information

Pompilidae (family) Scientific name
Unidentified Spider wasp Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 1162.8m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

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Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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