Yellow sand wasp

Bembix palmata

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.
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Appearance

Yellow Sand Wasps are medium to large in size with stout body and colours of yellow and black on thorax, black and white bands on abdomen. All legs are yellow with very minor black marks on joints. They are ground nesters. Females have fore basitarsi expanded and high number of rake spines for digging. They provision their nest with different insect prey, mainly flies.

Naming

F.Smith, 1856

Distribution

Australia

Behavior

Female Yellow Sand Wasp constructs burrow under the ground, drags their paralyzed prey in and lay an egg in the burrow. Adult Digger Wasp feed on nectar.

References:

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https://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_apoidwasps/SandWasp.htm
https://www.gbif.org/species/5801924
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderHymenoptera
FamilyCrabronidae
GenusBembix
SpeciesBembix palmata
Photographed in
Australia