Confusing Sand Wasp: S1, Female, dorsal

Confusing Sand Wasp (Bembecinus sp ES01)

Class:

Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)

Order:

Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)

Family:

Square-headed Wasp (Wasp: Crabronidae) iNaturalist Observation

Species:

Confusing Sand Wasp (Bembecinus sp ES01)

This Photo:

🔍S1, Female, dorsal🔎

Thank you Kerri-Lee Harris for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
~10mm long Female
Very bee like, pretty wasp, with it's indistinct beige stripes on a reddish brown/black body.
Of course anything with green eyes is a winner in our book

The female here was recognised by having 10 flagellomeres, instead of 11 for the males.

This species is

Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.

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