White-spotted Flower Wasp
Male, dorsal, wings open, abdomen
Ellura
White-spotted Flower Wasp
Male, wings, shiny from flash
 
                      
White-spotted Flower Wasp (Agriomyia albomaculata)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Flower Wasp (Wasp: Thynnidae: Thynninae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: White-spotted Flower Wasp (Agriomyia albomaculata)
This Photo:     🔍Male, profile🔎

Thank you Dr Graham Brown for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
1st Live Photo on-line
~18mm long.
Unusual Lilac coloured eyes. The yellow body markings are real, not coloured by the wings rusty colour. The face is quite unusual as well, over exposed here unfortunately; actually looks orange rather than yellow.

Copyright © 2021-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 18-Dec-2021
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.