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29 native species of wasps local to the area have been found on the Pinnacle Nature Reserve.

The European wasp, shown below, has also been found there.

All photos were taken on the Reserve by Alison Milton

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click images to enlarge tap images to enlarge   Scientific name   [Common name]
Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp
Scolia (Discolia) verticalis [Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp]
Flower wasps   
  Austroscolia soror   [Blue-winged flower wasp]
  Scolia (Discolia) verticalis   [Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp]
  Rhagigaster ephippiger   [Smooth flower wasp]
  Tiphiidae sp. (family)   [Unidentified Smooth flower wasp]
      
      
      
      
A braconid wasp
Braconidae sp. [A braconid wasp]
Parasitic wasps    
  Braconidae sp. (family)   [A Braconid wasp]
  Callibracon capitator   [White flank black Braconid Wasp]
  Diapriidae sp. (family)   [A Diapriid Wasp]
  Dusona sp. (genus)   [A Campopleginae parasitic wasp]
  Enicospilus sp. (genus)[An ichneumon wasp]
  Heteropelma scaposum   [Two-toned caterpillar parasite]
  Ichneumonidae sp. (family)   [Unidentified ichneumon wasp]
  Lissopimpla excelsa   [Orchid dupe wasp]
  Megalyra sp. (genus) Rare or uncommon species**   [Long-tailed wasp]
A Potter wasp
Delta bicinctum [A Potter wasp]
  Perilampus sp. (genus) Rare or uncommon species**   [A Perilampid wasp]
  Pycnobraconoides sp. (genus)   [A Braconid wasp]
  Terobiella sp. (genus)   [A gall forming wasp]
       ** rare or uncommon species
   
Potter wasps   
  Delta bicinctum   [A Potter wasp]
  Eumeninae sp. (subfamily)   [Unidentified Potter wasp]
  Paralastor sp. (genus)   [A Potter wasp]
       
A sand wasp
Bembix sp. [unidentified Bembix sand wasp]
Sand or digger wasps   
  Bembix sp. (genus)   [Unidentified Bembix sand wasp]
  Cerceris sp. (genus)   [Unidentified Cerceris wasp]
  Crabroninae sp. (subfamily)   [Unidentified solitary wasp]
  Isodontia sp. (genus)   [Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp]
  Pison sp. (genus)   [Black mud-dauber wasp]
  Sceliphron formosum   [Formosum mud-dauber]
   
Spider wasps   
Zebra spider wasp
Turneromyia sp. [Zebra spider wasp]
  Fabriogenia sp. (genus)    [A Spider wasp]
  Turneromyia sp. (genus)    [Zebra spider wasp]
      
Other native wasps   
  Bothriomutilla rugicollis   [Mutillid or 'velvet ant' wasp]
  Primeuchroeus sp. (genus)    [Cuckoo wasp]
   
   
      
  Exotic wasps   
Vespula germanica [European wasp]
Vespula germanica [European wasp]
  Vespula germanica   [European wasp]
      
      
      
      
     
      
        

For more photos from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow this link to NatureMapr

https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Locations/Guide/63/285?ViewMode=images