Sceliphron formosum

Formosum mud-dauber at Wellington Point, QLD

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Identification history

	Sceliphron formosum	15 Mar 2025	DiBickers
	Sceliphron laetum	10 Jan 2023	TimL

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The sequence of images shows a wasp collecting wet mud to make its many pot shaped nests. After the wasp collected scrapes of mud it vibrated its jaws to liquify the mud and make it easier to shape into a ball for carrying. This was evidenced by a high frequency sound coming from the wasp once it collected the mud and started to form a ball shape. These wasps use this same vibration method to liquify mud when placing it during nest forming. The first image shows the wasp holding the liquified ball of mud between its jaws and with its front legs, just before flying off. Thanks to Barbara for the initial sighting. The markings on the wasp's body appear to show that this is the same wasp seen in sighting 4464210.

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Location information

Places Wellington Point, QLD

Sighting information

1 Abundance
TimL Recorded by
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TimL NatureMapr Greater Brisbane Sand or digger wasps (Crabronidae & Sphecidae) Wasps (Hymenoptera, Apocrita) Insects

Additional information

25mm to 50mm Animal size
Alive / healthy Animal health

Species information

Sceliphron formosum Scientific name
Formosum mud-dauber Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-invasive or negligible
Up to 691.3m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
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Nearby sighting(s) of same species
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Australian Capital Territory

New South Wales

Queensland

Northern Territory

Western Australia

South Australia

Victoria

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