Black Sand-dauber Wasp - Pison sp.
Family Crabronidae
This page contains pictures and information about Black Sand-dauber Wasps that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
- Body length 10mm
- From reference information this wasp prey on spiders.
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- We saw this wasp collecting mud on footpath in Carbrook Wetland on Sep 2009.
- We saw this wasp coming out from this hole. We do not know if the hole is the wasp's nest or the wasp just checked the hole for prey.
- Photos were taken in Karawatha Forest on Sep 2008.
- Wasps in tribe Trypoxylonini have the emarginated eyes.
- Reference:
- 1. Insects of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 991.
- 2. Northern Territory Insects, A Comprehensive Guide CD - Graham Brown, 2009.
- 3. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus & Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p300.
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