Field Notes - wasp a bit less than 2cm long. bright red abdomen. on a parsnip plant probably looking for caterpillars or spiders
Field Notes - We were in our boat on lake mulwala and this bug joined us for the trip!
Field Notes - found resting on a native plant
Field Notes - Wasp in our carport, possibly Lissonota species
Sample from Malaise trap, Aranda, ACT, Australia, 19-26 November 2021
Multiple individuals observed feeding on this flowering Asteraceae (Apowollastonia hamersleyensis)
About 2mm long and attracted to a light at night.
The AI tentatively suggested Tersilochinae in Ichneumonidae........
As identified on FB by A pearson
Multiple individuals observed feeding on this flowering Asteraceae (Apowollastonia hamersleyensis)
Dead wasp found hanging from a blade of grass - fungus evident on its head and thorax.