Large Black Sand-loving Wasp
Female, profile
Large Black Sand-loving Wasp
Female, anterior
| Large Black Sand-loving Wasp Female, profile | | Large Black Sand-loving Wasp Female, anterior | | ||
 | Class: | Animals (Animalia) - Jointed Legs (Arthropoda) - Insects (Insecta) | |||
| Order: | Ant Bee Wasps (Hymenoptera) | ||||
| Family: | Square-headed Wasp (Wasp: Crabronidae) iNaturalist Observation | ||||
| Species: | Large Black Sand-loving Wasp (Tachytes sp ES02) | ||||
| This Photo: | 🔍Female, Wing Venation🔎 | ||||
Thank you Brian Dagley for confirming the id of this species for us EXTRA - Photo Specific Information: The hind wing has some strong venation here. So pay attention to separating out the forewing & hindwing venations. General Species Information: Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere ~17mm long female. Very similar to Tachysphex. When we asked Milo van Loon about the differences he said "The differences are indeed very subtle. Tachytes usually has more obvious pubescence, which means that it appears hairier than Tachysphex. This is especially apparent when looking at the pygidium, which is more or less hairless in Tachysphex while Tachytes has a particularly hairy pygidium. The abdomen is also pointier in Tachysphex than it is in Tachytes." | |||||
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