White-spotted Flower Wasp Male, dorsal, wings closed, natural | White-spotted Flower Wasp Male, profile | |||||
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, dorsal, wings open, abdomen🔎 | ||||
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. | |||||
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