Yellow-antennae Black Spider Wasp Wing Venation | Yellow-antennae Black Spider Wasp Flying | |||||
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) | ||||
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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. | |||||
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