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- This page contains pictures and information about subfamily Larrinae - Sand Wasps
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Wasps in this subfamily are medium to large in size, with long body and
usually black.
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- Brown Wasp

- ? sp., body length 15mm
- This wasp is relatively small in size. It has the reddish-brown thorax
and legs. Its head is Golden-brown in colour. On Dec 2006 in Karawatha
Forest, we saw a small wasp dragging a spider. More pictures and information
can be found in this page.
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- Grey Wasp with yellow antenna

- ? sp., body length 15mm
- Pictures were taken in a bush near Mt Cotton during mid winter. The wasp
was searching among the plant materials on the ground.

- Pictures were taken in Karawatha Forest in mid summer. The wasp was
searching on the forest floor.
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- Black Wasp with grey antenna

- ? sp., body length 15mm

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- Reference:
- 1. Insects
of Australia, CSIRO, Division of Entomology, Melbourne University
Press, 2nd Edition 1991, pp 991.
- 2. Insects of Australia and New Zealand - R. J. Tillyard, Angus
& Robertson, Ltd, Sydney, 1926, p299.
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