wasps of The Pinnacle Nature Reserve

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The following is a list of 20 species of native wasps that have been observed on the Pinnacle Nature Reserve as well as 1 exotic species. It includes both those positively identified to the exact species as well as those incompletely identified.

All species listed, apart from the European wasp, are native to the area.

Photos below were taken on the Reserve by Alison Milton

	Common name	Scientific name	hover over image to see name click to enlarge
Flower wasps
	Blue-winged flower wasp	Austroscolia soror
	Yellow-headed hairy flower wasp	Scolia (Discolia) verticalis
	Smooth flower wasp	Rhagigaster ephippiger
	Unidentified Smooth flower wasp	Tiphiidae sp. (family)

Parasitic wasps
	Unidentified Braconid wasp	Braconidae sp. (family)
	White Flank Black Braconid Wasp	Callibracon capitator
	An ichneumon wasp	Enicospilus sp. (genus)
	Two-toned caterpillar parasite	Heteropelma scaposum
	Unidentified ichneumon wasp	Ichneumonidae sp. (family)
	A Perilampid wasp	Perilampus sp.
		Pycnobraconoides sp. (genus)

Potter wasps
	A Potter wasp	Delta bicinctum
	Unidentified Potter wasp	Eumeninae sp. (subfamily)

Sand or digger wasps
	Unidentified Bembix sand wasp	Bembix sp. (genus)
	A Braconid wasp	Pycnobraconoides sp. (genus)
	Unidentified solitary wasp	Crabroninae sp. (subfamily)
	Unidentified Grass-carrying wasp	Isodontia sp. (genus)
	Formosum mud-dauber	Sceliphron formosum
	Unidentified Cerceris wasp	Cerceris sp. (genus)
Spider wasps
	Zebra spider wasp	Turneromyia sp. (genus)
Other native wasps
	Mutillid or 'velvet ant' wasp	Bothriomutilla rugicolli

Exotic wasps
	European wasp	Vespula germanica

For more photos from the Pinnacle and elsewhere in the ACT, follow this link to the Canberra Nature Map

https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Locations/Guide/63/285