Yellow-antennae Black Spider Wasp
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Yellow-antennae Black Spider Wasp
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Yellow-antennae Black Spider Wasp (Fabriogenia sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Spider Wasp (Wasp: Pompilidae)
Species: Yellow-antennae Black Spider Wasp (Fabriogenia sp ES01)
This Photo:     Wing Venation

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA), the Adelaide Hills and elsewhere
~9mm long, ~17mm wingspan.
Very thick, obvious, yellow antennae that often curl at the tips.
The wings are light & dark striped, but transparent.
The body looks similar to the zebra spider wasp in that it has silvery grey stripes, but these are hairs not body colour.
There are only 3 fabriogenia sp described in Australia, and we have 3 different species here; but which is which or if all of ours are undescribed we can't say.

Copyright © 2018-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 03-Mar-2018
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.