Yellow-antennae Weevil Wasp
Female, Head
Ellura
Yellow-antennae Weevil Wasp
Female, Abdomen
 
                      
Yellow-antennae Weevil Wasp (Cerceris australis)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Square-headed Wasp (Wasp: Crabronidae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Yellow-antennae Weevil Wasp (Cerceris australis)
This Photo:     Female, anterior

Thank you Kerri-Lee Harris for identifying and Milo van Loon for helping with the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~12mm long. Was found just starting to dig a hole/nest.
Males & females can be separated by the males having 7 abdominal segments, while females have 6. Looking at the profile photo's it appears they have 1 less than this (remember the petiole/waist is considered to be the 1st adominal seqment).

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This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.