Hopping Wasp
Dorsal, ~5mm long
Ellura
Hopping Wasp
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Hopping Wasp (Brachymeria sp ES01)Class: Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta)
Order: Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera)
Family: Chalcidid Wasp (Wasp: Chalcidoidea: Chalcididae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Hopping Wasp (Brachymeria sp ES01)
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Other names: Chalcid Wasp or Parasitoid Wasp

Thank you Graeme Cocks† for identifying this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere


Similar Species: Long-antennae Hover Fly (Chalcosyrphus elongatus)

Copyright © 2015-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 26-Aug-2015
This species is an Australian Native Species, not listed in the SA Murray Mallee Survey of 2010.