Wamboin, NSW, Australia.
aka Blue Flower Wasp and Hairy Flower Wasp - probably female (males are more slender with longer antennae (thanks to Nuytsia@Tas for nailing the ID).
Tags: Black Flower Wasp Discolia soror Wamboin NSW Australia Australian Wasps Wasps kookr Hymenoptera Scoliidae Blue Flower Wasp Hairy Flower Wasp
Wamboin, NSW, Australia.
We found this spectacular blue and green cuckoo wasp in the garden. Confirmed as a Large Cuckoo Wasp (thanks Steve and Bernhard) - these wasps lay their eggs in the nest of other wasps. The larvae then either eat the food provided by the host wasp or eat the host larvae.
Tags: Cuckoo Wasp Stilbum cyanurum Wamboin NSW Australia kookr Chrysididae Hymenoptera
Wamboin, NSW, Australia.
Tags: Drone Fly Eristalis tenax Fly Paper Daisy Wamboin NSW Australia kookr Syrphidae Diptera
Bullant (nasty!). Wamboin, NSW, Australia.
Tags: Them! (1954) Bullant Wamboin NSW Australia kookr
Wamboin, NSW, Australia.
Actually, a non-Hover Fly.
Tags: Hover Fly Syrphidae Wamboin NSW Australia kookr macro-life