Insects
Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita)
Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae)

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DiBickers wrote:
Yesterday
The shape of the face; the silvery-grey around the sides of the thorax (the black on the top of thorax is balding); the orange-coloured translucent wings; & the predominantly dark orange abdomen with black tip look very much like the Tyde’s Sand Wasp (Podalonia tydei).
Podalonia tydei
DiBickers wrote:
28 Apr 2025
This looks like Williamsita (Genus). See examples of similar below.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200715008

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101319631

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105748742
Williamsita sp. (genus)
DiBickers wrote:
28 Apr 2025
This looks like Williamsita (Genus). See examples of similar below.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200715008

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101319631

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105748742
Williamsita sp. (genus)
DiBickers wrote:
27 Apr 2025
This looks like Williamsita (Genus). See examples of similar below.

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200715008

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/101319631

https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/105748742
Williamsita sp. (genus)
DiBickers wrote:
26 Apr 2025
I’m pretty sure this is Tachysphex (Genus), but there are similar in Tachytes (Genus). I’ll verify it as Tribe Larrini for you as it contains both genera.
Larrini (Tribe)

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