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Wasp Blue Flower Wasps are frequent visitors and appear in our cold climate garden from mid summer to early autumn. They are eye-catching, steely-blue wasps, about three centimetres long, who spend their time zooming around, often close to the ground and feeding on flowering native plants. Australia,Geotagged,Scolia verticalis,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

Wasp

Blue Flower Wasps are frequent visitors and appear in our cold climate garden from mid summer to early autumn. They are eye-catching, steely-blue wasps, about three centimetres long, who spend their time zooming around, often close to the ground and feeding on flowering native plants.

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    Calbost Niel
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    Posted 4 years ago, modified 4 years ago
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      Ruth Spigelman
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      Hi Niel, this is not the blue flower wasp, Austroscolia soror - the antennae of which are short and stubby, the body and legs being thicker and jet black and wings a deep metallic blue. Posted 2 years ago

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Uploaded Jan 14, 2021. Captured Jan 15, 2021 09:02 in 58-82 Terrace Falls Rd, Hazelbrook NSW 2779, Australia.
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  • NIKON D7100
  • f/29.0
  • 1/100s
  • ISO160
  • 60mm
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