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Yellow Sand Wasp - Bembix palmata

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    comments (2)

  1. This is the kind of species naming I like. It's a wasp. It's yellow. It's on sand. Yellow sand wasp. Perfect. Posted 5 years ago
  2. A stunning photo Claire, well done.
    Posted 5 years ago

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Bembix is a large cosmopolitan genus of large, often brightly colored predatory sand wasps, consisting of about 380 species.
Bembix palmata build their nests underground before dragging paralysed prey under and laying an egg.

Species identified by Claire Hamilton
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Uploaded Apr 15, 2020. Captured Jan 18, 2016 08:40 in 335 Bengworden Rd, Bairnsdale VIC 3875, Australia.
  • Canon EOS 700D
  • f/16.0
  • 1/332s
  • ISO800
  • 172mm